What is another word for wild boar?

Pronunciation: [wˈa͡ɪld bˈɔː] (IPA)

The wild boar, scientifically known as Sus scrofa, is a wild, pig-like mammal that is found in different parts of the world. Wild boars have various common synonyms that describe their physical appearance, characteristics, or behavior. These synonyms include feral pig, razorback, boar hog, wild swine, and wild pig. Feral pigs are domesticated pigs that have returned to the wild, while razorbacks have a long and pointed back ridge. Boar hog is a male wild pig that has tusks, while wild swine is a term used to refer to any wild pig. Wild pig is a general term used to describe the pig's wild nature and inhabitation of uncultivated regions.

What are the hypernyms for Wild boar?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Wild boar

  • The first class contains four, which, we are informed, may be properly called beasts for hunting; namely, the hare, the hart, the wolf, and the wild boar. The second class contains the names of the beasts of the chase, and they are five; that is to say, the buck, the doe, the fox, the martin, and the roe. In the third class we find three, that are said to afford "greate dysporte" in the pursuit, and they are denominated, the grey or badger, the wild-cat and the otter…The reader may possibly be surprised, when he casts his eye over the foregoing list of animals for hunting, at seeing the names of several that do not exist at this time in England, and especially of the wolf, because he will readily recollect the story so commonly told of their destruction during the reign of Edgar.
    Joseph Strutt
  • the streams buck like rams in a tent whips crack and from the hills come the crookedly combed shadows of the shepherds. black eggs and fools' bells fall from the trees. thunder drums and kettledrums beat upon the ears of the donkeys. wings brush against flowers. fountains spring up in the eyes of the wild boar.
    Jean Arp

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