Meanings
plural hoglets
- A baby hedgehog.
At birth, newborn hoglets are pink, blind, and completely helpless.
2008, Michael Leach, Hedgehog, page 82 more examples
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 pageIf 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
Origin
Translations
Esperanto erinacido
- erinacidoa baby hedgehog
French hérissonneau, choupisson
- hérissonneaua baby hedgehog
- choupissona baby hedgehog
Polish jeżątko
- jeżątkoa baby hedgehog
Russian ежо́нок
- ежо́нок (ježónok)a baby hedgehog
Ukrainian їжаченя́, їжаченя́тко
- їжаченя́ (jižačenjá)a baby hedgehog
- їжаченя́тко (jižačenjátko)a baby hedgehog
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