suckling pig

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   whole young pig suitable for roasting

   Synonymscochon de lait

   Broaderpork

Questions about suckling pig

What does suckling pig mean?

suckling pig means "whole young pig suitable for roasting".

What is another word for suckling pig?

Close synonyms include cochon de lait. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is suckling pig a common word?

suckling pig is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.