NOUN | animal | Sus scrofa, wild boar, boar | Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come |
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animal | Sus scrofa, hog, pig, grunter, squealer | domestic swine |
Meaning | Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States. | |
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Synonyms | wild boar, boar | |
Member of | Sus, genus Sus | type genus of the Suidae |
Parts | tusk | A long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging |
Broader | swine | stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals |
Spanish | jabalí | |
Catalan | porc fer, porc senglar, senglar, Sus scrofa |
Meaning | domestic swine. | |
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Synonyms | hog, pig, grunter, squealer | |
Member of | Sus, genus Sus | type genus of the Suidae |
Parts | pork, porc | meat from a domestic hog or pig |
trotter | foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food | |
Narrower | porker | A pig fattened to provide meat |
Broader | swine | stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals |
Substances | lard | Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog |
Spanish | cerdo gruñón, cerdo, chancho, chon, cochi, cochín, cochino, cocho, cuchi, cuto, gocho, gorrino, guarro, marrano, porc, puerco, sus, Sus scrofa, tunco | |
Catalan | bacó, marrà, porc |
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