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PIGGY
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Irregular inflected forms: piggier , piggiest
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A young pig
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("piggy" is a kind of...):
young mammal (any immature mammal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "piggy"):
sucking pig (an unweaned piglet)
Holonyms ("piggy" is a member of...):
genus Sus; Sus (type genus of the Suidae)
Derivation:
piggy (resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
Example:
swinish slavering over food
Synonyms:
hoggish; piggish; piggy; porcine; swinish
Classified under:
Similar:
gluttonous (given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink)
Derivation:
pig (a person regarded as greedy and pig-like)
piggy (a young pig)
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