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sowpigs

sowpigs is the plural of sowpig.

Meaning of sowpig

Noun

sowpig (plural sowpigs)

  1. (Cornwall) A woodlouse.
    • […] he went in search of some sowpigs (woodlouse), and while doing this had the good fortune, in turning up a stone, to find the fly I had come after.1896, The Fishing Gazette, page 461

Questions about sowpigs

What is sowpigs the plural of?
Sowpigs is the plural of sowpig.

Words near sowpigs in the dictionary

  1. sownded
  2. sownding
  3. sownds
  4. sowne
  5. sowpig
  6. sowpigs
  7. SOWPODS
  8. sowre
  9. sows
  10. sows dragon's teeth
  11. sows one's oats

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