Mature swine are called hogs or sows and young swine are called pigs, Baby pigs are often called piglets
Young swine are called piglets.
A young female swine is called a gilt.
A young male swine is called a barrow( pronounced b-air-row)
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A young male swine is called a barrow( pronounced b-air-row)
A male swine is called a "boar" (that is an "intact" male pig). A CASTRATE (neutered) male pig is referred to as a "barrow". An uncastrated male pig is called a boar, the female is a sow, and the young are piglets. Swine, hogs, are other names for a pig.
A female pig that has not yet given birth to piglets is called a gilt.
A female swine is called a sow.
A swine offspring is called a piglet.
A pig
A piglet.