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Hog

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pignoun(countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
hoggnounA young sheep of either gender, until it cuts its first two teeth; a hogget.
hoggetnoun(chiefly UK, New Zealand) The meat of a young sheep.
sus scrofanounold world wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in united states

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pignoun(countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
hoggnounA young sheep of either gender, until it cuts its first two teeth; a hogget.
hoggetnoun(chiefly UK, New Zealand) The meat of a young sheep.
sus scrofanounold world wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in united states
razorbacknoun(US, southeastern US, informal) A feral pig.
porcinenounOf, pertaining to, or being a pig.
piggynoun(childish) A pig (the animal).
swinenoun(plural swine) A pig (the animal).
porknoun(chiefly uncountable) The meat of a pig.
porkernounA pig, especially a castrated male, being fattened and raised for slaughter.
pigmeatnounThe meat or flesh of a pig, used especially for food; pork.
forestnounA dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
tailnoun(anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
chopsnoun(informal, by extension) One's skill at any endeavor; ability, talent; competency.
barnnoun(agriculture) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
animalnoun(sciences) Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants).
wartnoun(pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
saltedTo which salt has been added.
sweatingnounThe production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
pigsnoun(during the 1990s) Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, countries of Southern Europe noted for similar economic environments.

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