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| Main Entry: |
hog
 [hawg, hog] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pig |
| Synonyms: | boar, cob roller, oinker, piggy, piglet, porker, razorback, shoat, sow, swine, warthog |
| Notes: | swine is the collective (and ancestral) term for domesticated pigs and hogs; a hog is 120 pounds and ready for market, a pig is immature and weighs less |
| Main Entry: | swine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pig |
| Synonyms: | boar, hog, oinker, peccary, porker, wild boar |
| Main Entry: | elephant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large mammal |
| Synonyms: | boar, mammoth, mastodon, pachyderm, tusker |
Example Sentences
- Several times they see wild boar face the pack down.
- We've seen two big boar grizzlies, thousand pounds each one of them.
- We can't even get rid of the wild boar populations riddling our country.
| Main Entry: | swine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | omnivorous animal |
| Synonyms: | beast, boar, brute, hog, pig, sow |
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