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hoglet

noun

Etymology

From hog + -let.

  1. derived from *suH-✻
  2. derived from *sukkos✻
  3. derived from *kewh₂-✻ — “to beat, hew, forge”
  4. derived from *hawwaną✻ — “to hew, forge”
  5. derived from hǫggva — “to strike, chop, cut”
  6. inherited from hogg
  7. inherited from hog
  8. suffixed as hoglet — “hog + let”

Definitions

  1. A baby hedgehog.

    • At birth, newborn hoglets are pink, blind, and completely helpless.
    • In nature, hoglets that age would follow their mother out of the nest and learn from her how to procure food by digging in the ground.
    • If the hog parents develop the disease, you can be pretty sure the hoglets will too—even when they’re raised in different places, fed different diets, cared for by different owners.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA