Boar
WordNet

noun


(1)   An uncastrated male hog
(2)   Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
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Etymology


Old English , from Germanic *ƀaizaz (cf. Dutch ); akin to Lithuanian baĩsas 'terrible apparition', Old Church Slavonic bĕsĭ 'demon'.

Noun



  1. A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
  2. A male pig.
 
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