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SHOAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shoat mean? 

SHOAT (noun)
  The noun SHOAT has 1 sense:

1. a young pigplay

  Familiarity information: SHOAT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHOAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A young pig

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

piggy; piglet; shoat; shote

Hypernyms ("shoat" is a kind of...):

young mammal (any immature mammal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shoat"):

sucking pig (an unweaned piglet)

Holonyms ("shoat" is a member of...):

genus Sus; Sus (type genus of the Suidae)


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