A small breed of pig that formerly lived in a feral state on the Isle of Man; a pig of this breed.

Used (chiefly attributively) to designate a breed of sheep (also Hampshire Down); also designating a breed of pig.

(a) An old breed of horned sheep peculiar to Shropshire; (b) a modern breed of black-faced hornless sheep obtained by crossing with the Southdown…

name of a breed of pigs.

The Berkshire breed of pig; a pig of this breed.

A Suffolk cow, pig, punch, or sheep.

a breed of swine; also elliptical.

The name of an English county, occurring attributively in Essex board (see quot. 1933); Essex calf (literally a calf reared in Essex), formerly…

U.S. An inferior breed of pig. Obsolete. rare.

Used attributively and absol. to designate a lop-eared pork and bacon pig of a breed now extinct.

A Neapolitan pig. Cf. sense B. 3.

Used absol. or attributively to designate a pig of the breed of this name, usually red or brown in colour, lean and large in build, and used to…

a member of a half-wild breed of pigs common in the southern United States; a razorback hog.

a North American breed of large domestic swine, usually black or predominantly so with some white markings, esp. on the nose, feet, and tail; a…

Originally: (a pig of) a breed developed in New York State. Now: a breed derived from the crossing of this breed with the Jersey Red; a pig of…

(more fully Large Black pig) a breed of large pig developed in south-west England in the 19th cent., entirely black in colour; a pig of this breed…

a pig of the extinct breed so called.

A breed (or group of breeds) of mainly black pig having a white belt over the shoulders that typically extends to include the forelegs; a pig of…

A large white pig of the variety so called, originally developed in Denmark, subsequently used elsewhere to produce bacon. Also attributive.

A pig of a very small, docile, hairless variety developed in the United States, mainly for medical research, from a miniature breed originating in…