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shoat

  [shoht]
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–noun
1. Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
2. geep.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME shote; c. dial. D schote

geep

  [geep]
–noun, plural geep.
the hybrid offspring of a goat and a sheep.
Also called shoat.

Origin:
1970–75; g(oat) + (sh)eep
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shoat also shote   (shōt)   
n.  A young pig just after weaning.

[Middle English shote, perhaps of Middle Low German origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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