noun
Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
• Syn: ↑boar, ↑Sus scrofa
• Hypernyms: ↑swine
• Part Meronyms: ↑tusk
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wild boar,
a wild hog of Europe, central and southwestern Asia, and northern Africa, generally considered as the ancestor of the domestic hog.
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n. see boar (sense 1)
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noun, pl ⋯ boars [count]
: ↑boar 2
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= ↑boar
Useful english dictionary. 2012.