pig

Example Sentences

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This discovery is notable because bird and human flu viruses can exchange genetic material when they infect the same host, such as pigs.

From Science Daily

In addition to turkeys, residents include cows, horses, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, llamas and emus.

From Los Angeles Times

Each fall, it holds Porktoberfest where volunteers serve 1,800 free pork burgers and local luminaries participate in a “kiss the pig” fundraiser.

From The Wall Street Journal

And even while juggling pigs and pigskins as the Panthers’ part-time offensive coordinator, he was an immediate upgrade.

From Seattle Times

In one part of the opulent, second-floor dining room, a carver wields a knife like a surgeon on the cured leg of an Iberian pig fed a diet of acorns.

From Washington Post