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hoglet

hoglet noun: a baby hedgehog.

Noun

hoglet (plural hoglets)

  1. A baby hedgehog.
    • At birth, newborn hoglets are pink, blind, and completely helpless.2008, Michael Leach, Hedgehog, page 8
    • 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.2018, Massimo Vacchetta, Antonella Tomaselli, A Handful of Happiness: How a Prickly Creature Softened a Prickly Heart, unnumbered page

Forms of hoglet

pluralhoglets

Origin of hoglet

From hog + -let.

Questions about hoglet

What does hoglet mean?
Hoglet means a baby hedgehog.
What part of speech is hoglet?
Hoglet is a noun.
What is the plural of hoglet?
The plural of hoglet is hoglets.

Words near hoglet in the dictionary

  1. hogleg
  2. hoglegs
  3. Hoglen
  4. Hogles
  5. hogless
  6. hoglet
  7. hoglets
  8. hoglike
  9. hogling
  10. hoglings
  11. hogloom

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