hoglet en · NOUN
Etymology
From hog + -let.
Meanings
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A baby hedgehog.
At birth, newborn hoglets are pink, blind, and completely helpless.
2008, Michael Leach, Hedgehog, page 8:If the hog parents develop the disease, you can be pretty sure the hoglets will too—even when they’re raised in different places, fed different diets, cared for by different owners.
2021 August 12, Noelle Mateer, “Looks That Quill: The Dark Side of Hedgehog Instagram”, in Wired: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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hoglets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (13)
be важаня́ (a baby hedgehog) · fr choupisson (a baby hedgehog) · be важычанё (a baby hedgehog) · mk еже (a baby hedgehog) · be важычаня́тка (a baby hedgehog) · uk їжаченя́тко (a baby hedgehog) · ru ежо́нок (a baby hedgehog) · fr hérissonneau (a baby hedgehog) · eo erinacido (a baby hedgehog) · be важычаня́ (a baby hedgehog) · pl jeżątko (a baby hedgehog) · be важанё (a baby hedgehog) · uk їжаченя́ (a baby hedgehog)