Swine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae, including pigs, hogs, and boars, having a stout body with thick skin, a short neck, and a movable snout.
  • n. A person regarded as brutish or contemptible.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of various omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae.
  • n. A contemptible person (plural swines).
  • n. Plural form of sow.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See hog.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An ungulate non-ruminant quadruped, of the family Suidæ in a broad sense; any hog, pig, sow, or boar; in the plural, these animals collectively.
  • n. A mean, degraded person; a hoggish individual.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    hog   
    Hyponym
    babirussa    sus scrofa    sow    razorback hog    Babiroussa    babirusa    squealer    pig    warthog    razorback   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    grunter    porcine    baconer    Grice    hog    pig    Piggy    gruntling    brawn    pigling   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aline    Cline    Combine    Dine    Heine    Jain    Klein    Kline    Quine    Rhine   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hog    pig    poultry    buffalo    boar    goose    pigeon    ox    antelope    cattle