A pig; esp. a domesticated pig.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] (165) swineOE A pig; esp. a domesticated pig. hogOE A domestic pig reared for slaughter; spec. a castrated male pig. Also more widely: any domestic pig. Cf. pig, n.1 1a. grice?c1225 A pig, esp. a young pig, a sucking pig; †occasionally and spec. in Heraldry, a wild boar. pig?a1425 An omnivorous, domesticated even-toed ungulate derived from the wild boar Sus scrofa, with a stout body, sparse bristly hair, and a broad flat… pork?a1425 A pig. Also figurative. Now rare. In later use historical and regional (chiefly Irish English (northern)). grunterc1440 An animal or person that grunts; esp. a pig. gussie15.. A pig, swine. †the gussis croo, i.e. the pig-stye, used jocularly as if the name of a constellation. grunting-cheat1567 a pig. snorter1601 One who or that which snorts (†or snores); a person who utters a snort in scorn, indignation, etc.; also, a pig. sow's-baby1699 (see quots.). grumphie1786 A quasi-proper name for the pig. piggy-wig1870 = piggy-wiggy, n. turf-hog1880 see quot. troughster1892 one who feeds at a trough, a pig. Subcategories:— condition or realm of (1) — collectively (5) — male (27) — female (12) — adult (1) — young (42) — prize-winning or inferior (2) — fattened or intended for slaughter (6) — defined by eating habits (3) — paid as tithe (1) — defined by parts (16) — copulation (2) — grubbing or rooting (1) — sound made by (1) — habitation of (6) — prehistoric varieties of (2) — specific breeds (23) |
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