(wild) boar

  • 1Wild boar — Boar redirects here. For other uses, see Boar (disambiguation). Wild pig redirects here. For other uses, see Wild pig (disambiguation). For the German World War II Wild Boar night fighter tactic, see Wilde Sau. Wild Boar Temporal range: Early… …

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  • 2Wild boar — Wild Wild, a. [Compar. {Wilder}; superl. {Wildest}.] [OE. wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG. wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild, bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild game, deer; of… …

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  • 3wild boar — noun count a wild pig a. uncount the meat of a wild boar …

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  • 4wild boar — n a large wild pig with long hair …

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  • 5wild boar — wild′ boar′ n. mam a wild Old World swine, Sus scrofa, the ancestor of domestic breeds of hogs • Etymology: 1475–85 …

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  • 6wild boar — n. a hog (Sus scrofa) living wild in Europe, Africa, and Asia, from which domestic hogs were derived …

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  • 7wild boar — noun Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States • Syn: ↑boar, ↑Sus scrofa • Hypernyms: ↑swine • Member Holonyms: ↑Sus, ↑genus Sus …

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  • 8wild boar — UK / US noun Word forms wild boar : singular wild boar plural wild boars or wild boar a) [countable] a wild pig b) [uncountable] the meat of a wild pig …

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  • 9wild boar — šernas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Sus scrofa angl. European wild boar; European wild hog; wild boar; wild hog; wild pig vok. wildes Schwein; Wildschwein rus. дикая свинья; кабан pranc. sanglier;… …

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  • 10wild boar — N COUNT (The plural can be either wild boar or wild boars.) A wild boar is a large fierce pig which has two long curved teeth and a hairy body, and lives in forests …

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