farrow
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9.9
A mother pig giving birth to a group of piglets
- noun
- /ˈfɛroʊ/
- Specialized
:
parición
- The farrow from the sow included several healthy piglets born in early spring.
- farrow-to-finish
Examples
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I was raised on a second-generation cattle and farrow-to-finish hog operation in Missouri.
Blog text (14) -
The Royal Farm's digester used the manure from a 1,600-sow farrow-to-finish farm.
Academic text (2000) -
The pigs were raised in 6 farrow-to-finish farms, 2 fattening farms, and 1 weaner indoor farm in central Italy (7 farms in the Umbria region and 2 farms in the Marche region).
Academic text (2012) -
After the farrow, the mother pig nursed her piglets for several weeks.
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Farmers often keep records to monitor the health of each farrow on their properties.
Synonyms
9.7
A mother pig gives birth to a group of piglets
treats the event as the production or birth result rather than the birthing act
Surface Forms
Etymology
Farrow is an old farming word for a 'litter of piglets', the group of pig babies born at one time, so farmers still use farrow to mean that specific birth and its size.