boar-pig

  • 1Boar hunting — is generally the practice of hunting wild boars, but can also extend to feral pigs and peccaries. A full sized boar is a large strong animal armed with sharp tusks which defends itself strongly. Boar hunting has often been a test of bravery.Wild… …

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  • 2PIG — (Heb. חֲזִיר, ḥazir). Included in the Pentateuch among the unclean animals prohibited as food is the pig which, although cloven footed, is a nonruminant (Lev. 11:7; Deut. 16:8). It is the sole unclean animal mentioned as possessing these… …

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  • 3boar — ► NOUN (pl. same or boars) 1) (also wild boar) a tusked wild pig. 2) an uncastrated domestic male pig. ORIGIN Old English …

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  • 4boar — [ bɔr ] (plural boars or boar) noun count 1. ) a male pig 2. ) a WILD BOAR …

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  • 5boar — [bôr] n. pl. boars or boar [ME bor < OE bar; akin to Ger (dial.) bär, Du beer: only in WGmc] 1. a mature uncastrated male pig 2. WILD BOAR …

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  • 6boar — [bo: US bo:r] n [: Old English; Origin: bar] 1.) a wild pig 2.) a male pig …

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  • 7pig-sticking — pigˈ sticking noun Boar hunting with spears • • • Main Entry: ↑pig * * * ˈpig sticking 7 [pig sticking] noun uncountable the sport of hunting wild pigs with a ↑ …

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  • 8Pig-sticking — Pig stick ing, n. Boar hunting; so called by Anglo Indians. [Colloq.] Tackeray. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 9pig — [n] animal of swine family boar, cob roller*, hog, piggy*, piglet, porker*, porky, shoat, sow, swine; concepts 394,400 …

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  • 10pig|stick|er — «PIHG STIHK uhr», noun. 1. a person who hunts wild boar. 2. Informal. a large pocketknife …

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