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Plural of piglet

regular plural

The plural of piglet is piglets.

Forms of piglet

Singularpiglet /ˈpɪɡ.lət/
Pluralpiglets /ˈpɪɡ.ləts/
Countablecountable

Piglets in a sentence

  • Piglets at a farm in Yiyang County in China’s Henan Province.2019 September 10, Alexandra Stevenson, Raymond Zhong, “China’s Pork Prices Soar, Adding to Beijing’s Troubles”, in The New York Times…. From the entry Yiyang
  • The pens are equipped with ‘pig-creeps', the porcine equivalent of cat-flaps, which allow the piglets access.1996, James Serpell, In the Company of Animals: A Study of Human-animal Relationships, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 7. From the entry cat-flaps
  • Most pig raisers will want to remove the tips of their piglets' eight needle teeth on the same day the "swinelings" receive the iron supplements.1980, Randy Kidd, http://www.motherearthnews.com/sustainable-farming/how-to-breed-pigs-zmaz80jazraw.aspx?page=3#axzz2KdORSpS4. From the entry swineling
  • Dicarboxylic acids such as hexadecanedioate, produced by ω-oxidation in the endoplasmic reticulum and peroxisome and then degraded via β-oxidation, were also enriched in the plasma of postnatally CD piglets.2015 July 22, “Moderate Perinatal Choline Deficiency Elicits Altered Physiology and Metabolomic Profiles in the Piglet”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry hexadecanedioate
  • This study aims to evaluate the protective role of ulinastatin, an anti-inflammatory agent, against acute kidney injuries in infant piglets model undergoing surgery on HLF cardiopulmonary bypass.2015 December 15, “Ulinastatin Protects against Acute Kidney Injury in Infant Piglets Model Undergoing Surgery on Hypothermic Low-Flow…. From the entry ulinastatin

Meaning of piglet

  1. noun A young swine, one not yet mature.

Full definition of piglet

Questions about the plural of piglet

What is the plural of piglet?
The plural of piglet is piglets.
Is piglet countable?
Piglet is a countable noun.

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