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Suidae

noun

pigs; hogs; boars

• Syn: ↑family Suidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Artiodactyla, ↑order Artiodactyla

• Member Meronyms:

↑swine, ↑Sus, ↑genus Sus, ↑Babyrousa, ↑genus Babyrousa, ↑Phacochoerus, ↑genus Phacochoerus

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\\ˈsüəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Sus, type genus + -idae

: a family of nonruminant artiodactylous mammals consisting of the wild and domestic swine but in modern classifications excluding the peccaries

Useful english dictionary. 2012.