piglet:
pig ::
puppy:
dog ::
cub:
bear.
Young pigs are valued (over grown pigs) as...
- actors. (Babe, Animal Farm, and the soon-to-be-released live-action Charlotte's Web remake)
- educational materials. well, fetal pigs, actually. I dissected a fetal pig in my freshman year of high school, it was actually less gross than the worm and the grasshopper.
- dinner. Roast suckling pig, pork tenderloin... "It's true, PORK IS A NICE SWEET MEAT."
- Piglet leather. Kid gloves are expensive gloves, made from tanned hide of young goat, softer and more delicate than the hide of adult goat. American footballs used to be (and may still be, I don't know, that's a sports thing) pigskin; it's safe to say that pigletskin would make a soft, delicate football for your girl children to play with.