a swine living in woods; spec. the bosch-vark, a ferocious wild swine of S. and East Africa.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > group Suiformes (hippos and pigs) > family Suidae (swine) > genus Potamochoerus (African bush-pig) (7) wood-swine1785 a swine living in woods; spec. the bosch-vark, a ferocious wild swine of S. and East Africa. Guinea hog1788 the river-pig of Guinea, Potamochœrus pictus (by Marcgraf 1648 called Porcus guineensis). river hog1803 Any of various semiaquatic ungulates. Now only in red river hog n. at red, adj. n.compounds 1e(a). bosch-vark1834 a species of wild pig in South Africa. bush-pig1840 (a) a species of South African swine, Potamochœrus porcus koiropotamus; (b) New Zealand a wild pig. bush-hog1854 a wild pig of South Africa, the bosch-vaark of the colonists. red river hog1868 a pig of the African rainforest, Potamochoerus porcus, having a bright rufous coat with a white mane and long ear tufts. |
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