A pig; esp. a domesticated pig.
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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) > sus scrofa (wild boar and descendants) > wild boar > collectively (4) swineOE A pig; esp. a domesticated pig. sounderc1400 A herd of wild swine. sloth1616 As a ‘proper term’, by later writers taken to mean: A company of bears (or erroneously, boars). pig1874 As a mass noun: pigs collectively, esp. as quarry in hunting. |
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