Shoat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʃəʊt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Shoat is a noun meaning A young, newly-weaned pig.
Meaning
A young, newly-weaned pig.
More Meanings
- A sheep–goat hybrid (whether artificially produced or the result of animals from these species naturally intermating).
Example Sentences
There would have been nature studies – a tiger pursuing a bird of paradise, a choking snake sheathing whole the flayed trunk of a shoat.
Why, was not one animal of every kind – a calf, and a lamb, and a filly, and a shote – upon the place marked with little Moses's own brand?
Word Forms
- shoats
- shote
Synonyms for shoat
Depending on context, synonyms include geep, piggy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include piggy, shote, hogget, hogg, squeaker, weanling.
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