Young+swine

  • 21pig — pig1 /pig/, n., v., pigged, pigging. n. 1. a young swine of either sex, esp. a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 lb. (220 kg.) 2. any wild or domestic swine. 3. the flesh of swine; pork. 4. a person of piglike character, behavior,… …

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  • 22pig — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English pigge Date: 13th century 1. a. a young domesticated swine not yet sexually mature; broadly a wild or domestic swine b. an animal related to or resembling the pig 2. a. pork …

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  • 23pig — [[t]pɪg[/t]] n. v. pigged, pig•ging 1) ahb. a young swine of either sex, esp. a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 lb. (54 kg) 2) any wild or domestic swine 3) the flesh of swine; pork 4) a person who is gluttonous, greedy, or… …

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  • 24pork — (n.) early 13c., flesh of a pig as food, from L. porcus pig, tame swine, from PIE *porko young swine (Cf. Umbrian purka; O.C.S. prase young pig; Lith. parsas pig; O.E. fearh, M.Du. varken, both from P.Gmc. *farhaz). Porker …

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  • 25pig — I. /pɪg / (say pig) noun 1. the common domesticated swine, Sus scrofa, descended from the wild boar, widely distributed with humans and bred into many varieties to provide meat and fat; feral populations in Australia cause great ecological damage …

  • 26piggier — pig·gy || pɪgɪ n. young swine, piglet adj. voracious, gluttonous; like a swine, hoggish …

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  • 27piggies — pig·gy || pɪgɪ n. young swine, piglet adj. voracious, gluttonous; like a swine, hoggish …

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  • 28piggiest — pig·gy || pɪgɪ n. young swine, piglet adj. voracious, gluttonous; like a swine, hoggish …

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  • 29piggy — pig·gy || pɪgɪ n. young swine, piglet adj. voracious, gluttonous; like a swine, hoggish …

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  • 30necrotic enteritis — noun : a serious infectious disease of young swine caused by a bacterium (Salmonella suipestifer or S. choleraesuis) and marked by fever and by necrotic and ulcerative inflammation of the intestinal wall called also necro, swine typhoid,… …

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