- suckling pig
- noun (C) a young pig still taking milk from its mother, which is often cooked and eaten on special occasions
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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pig — n 1. hog, sow, boar, razorback; peccary, wart hog, babirusa; porker, grunter, oinker, tusker; swine, barrow; shoat, shote, piglet, pigling, piggy, suckling pig, hogling. 2. pork, pork chops, ham, bacon, pigs feet, pigs knuckles. 3.Informal.a.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
pig — n. swine 1) a sucking (BE), suckling (AE) pig 2) pigs grunt, oink, squeal 3) a young pig is a piglet 4) a female pig is a sow 5) a male pig is a boar glutton (colloq.) 6) to make a pig of oneself misc. 7) as fat as a pig; a male chauvinist pig;… … Combinatory dictionary
