weaner
6.8
A young animal that recently stopped drinking its mother's milk
- noun
- /ˈwiːnər/
- Specialized
:
destetado
- After weaning, the weaner began to eat solid food and explore its new environment.
Examples
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14,500 pigs for slaughter and about 1,500 weaners.
Blog text (3) -
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) -
The farmer introduced the young weaner to the rest of the herd after it stopped nursing.
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The veterinarian monitored the growth of the weaner to ensure it was healthy and thriving.
Synonyms
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7.2
A young animal that has just stopped drinking its mother's milk and now eats solid food
is broader and may include young who stopped milk but are not eating solids
How Weaned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word weaner comes from the verb wean, which means 'to stop feeding on milk'. So a weaner is a young animal that has just been 'weaned' and is learning to eat on its own.