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   Swine

   /swīn/

   

   noun

   • 1. a pig: archaic "a contagious viral disease of animals that primarily affects swine"
   • 2. a contemptible or unpleasant person: informal, derogatory "what an arrogant, unfeeling swine!"
   • ▪ something that is very difficult or unpleasant to deal with: informal British "mist is a swine in unfamiliar country"

   Word Origin Old Englishswīn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwijn and German Schwein, also to sow2.

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   swine noun. Meaning & use. 1.a. Old English–. A pig; esp. a domesticated pig. Pigs (genus Sus or family Suidae) are omnivorous, non-ruminant ungulates with even-toed feet, typically having a stocky body, a large head with an elongated snout ending in a flattened disk, and a bristly coat.

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   What is the difference between a swine and a pig?

   • pig - Originally meant just "young pig" until the 16th century—the word in Old and Middle English for the animal was swine. swine - The collective (and ancestral) term for domesticated pigs and hogs; a hog is 120 pounds and ready for market, while a pig is immature and weighs less.

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   What is the difference between a swine and a wild boar?

   • any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig.

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   What are the characteristics of a swine?

   • noun, plural swine. any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products.Compare hog, pig 1, wild boar. the domestic hog, Sus scrofa.

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   What is the history of swines?

   • It is believed that the majority of the breeds we now know are descended from the Eurasian Wild Boar (Sus scrofa). Archaeological evidence from the Middle East indicates domestication of the pig occurs as early as 9,000 years ago, with some evidence for domestication even earlier in China.

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   Swine definition: any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail. See examples of SWINE used in a sentence.

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   to give or offer valuable things to people who do not understand their value. Definition of swine noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   SWINE meaning: 1. pigs 2. an unpleasant person.

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   swine meaning, definition, what is swine: someone who behaves very rudely or unple...: Learn more.

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   swine (swīn), USA pronunciation n., pl. swine. any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products.

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   Word forms: (plural) swine or (or plural) swines (informal, derogatory) a contemptible or unpleasant person what an arrogant, unfeeling swine! (British English, informal) something that is very difficult or unpleasant to deal with mist is a swine in unfamiliar country