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  • 21Pig (disambiguation) — A pig is an animal. Pig, pigs, piggy or swine may also refer to:* Guinea pig * Humber Pig, a military vehicle most notably used in Northern Ireland * Pig (pipeline), a device for inspection, cleaning, product separation or other purposes * Pig… …

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  • 22Pig pickin' — A pig pickin (also known as rolling a pig, pig roast or as the Cajun Boucherie ) is a type of party or gathering held primarily in the American South which involves the barbecuing of a whole hog (the castrated male pig or boar, bred for… …

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  • 23pig — I. /pɪg / (say pig) noun 1. the common domesticated swine, Sus scrofa, descended from the wild boar, widely distributed with humans and bred into many varieties to provide meat and fat; feral populations in Australia cause great ecological damage …

  • 24pig — Synonyms and related words: Angora goat, Arctic fox, Belgian hare, Caffre cat, Dogberry, Indian buffalo, John Law, Kodiak bear, Virginia deer, aardvark, aardwolf, alpaca, animal, anteater, antelope, antelope chipmunk, aoudad, apar, armadillo, ass …

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  • 25boar — noun (plural same or boars) 1》 (also wild boar) a tusked wild pig from which domestic pigs are descended. [Sus scrofa.] 2》 an uncastrated domestic male pig. 3》 the full grown male of certain other animals, especially a badger, guinea pig, or… …

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  • 26boar — n. 1 (in full wild boar) the tusked wild pig, Sus scrofa, from which domestic pigs are descended. 2 an uncastrated male pig. 3 its flesh. 4 a male guinea pig etc. Etymology: OE bar f. WG …

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  • 27boar — UK [bɔː(r)] / US [bɔr] noun [countable] Word forms boar : singular boar plural boars or boar 1) a wild boar 2) a male pig …

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  • 28boar — noun /bɔːɹ/ a) A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. b) A male pig. See Also: boer …

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  • 29boar — Synonyms and related words: barrow, billy, billy goat, bubbly jock, buck, bull, bullock, chanticleer, cock, cockerel, dog, drake, entire, entire horse, gander, gilt, gobbler, hart, he goat, hog, peacock, pig, piggy, piglet, pigling, porker, ram,… …

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  • 30pig — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hog, sow, boar, swine; piglet; glutton; sloven, slob. See animal, gluttony, uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. piglet, swine, shoat; see animal 2 , hog 1 . • buy a pig in a poke*, Syn. take a chance …

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