Swine

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  • noun. Any of various omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae, having a stout body with thick skin, a short neck, and a movable snout, especially the domesticated pig.
  • noun. A person regarded as contemptible or disgusting.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An ungulate non-ruminant quadruped, of the family Suidæ in a broad sense; any hog, pig, sow, or boar; in the plural, these animals collectively.
  • noun. A mean, degraded person; a hoggish individual.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See hog.
  • noun. knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare); -- so called because eaten by swine.
  • noun. a kind of oat sometimes grown for swine.
  • noun. a species of cress of the genus Senebiera (S. Coronopus).
  • noun. a dolt; a blockhead.
  • noun. the sow thistle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of various omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae.
  • noun. A contemptible person (plural swines).
  • noun. Plural form of sow.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
  • Word Usage
    "The term swine flu hurt the pork industry so much that they pushed for a name change and got it."
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    antelope  beast  bitch  boar  brute  
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    hog