How to pronounce runt

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What runt means

noun

The smallest and weakest baby animal in a litter

In a sentence: The runt of the litter was tiny, but she was the first puppy to learn her name.

Where it comes from: No one is sure where it came from. It is possibly connected to an Icelandic word meaning "brute."

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