piglets

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Beguiled by photos of teensy piglets, she chose the runt of the litter—a tiny, shivering nugget for $350.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Also known as water bears and moss piglets, tardigrades sport blobby physiques, lumbering gaits and perfectly circular mouths stuck in the middle of their otherwise-featureless faces.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2024

On Clarkson's Farm, he has shown an interest in doing what he can to make his holding ecologically sound and was visibly upset when piglets were inadvertently killed by their mother.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024

The classes begin with Bousquet inviting participants not to fret over interrupting their flows to interact with the piglets, who come from a friend’s farm.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024

There were pigs as well: the biggest, blackest boars that any of the ironbom had ever seen and plenty of squealing piglets in the brush, bold creatures that had no fear of man.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin