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HOGG

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared

Synonyms:

hog; hogg; hogget

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hogg" is a kind of...):

lamb (young sheep)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835)

Synonyms:

Hogg; James Hogg

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

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