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The meaning of SOW is an adult female swine; also : the adult female of various other animals (such as a bear). How to use sow in a sentence.
Definition; Boar: An uncastrated male pig over six months old. Sow: A female pig that has had its first litter. Gilt: A female pig which has not yet produced a litter. Gestation Period: Length of pregnancy. In pigs, three months, three weeks and three days. Hog: A castrated male pig. Piglet: A young pig. Weaner
SOW meaning: 1. to put seeds into the ground: 2. a female pig. Learn more.
As nouns the difference between sow and pig. is that sow is a female pig while pig is any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated farm animal Sus scrofa.
Sow- Female pig who has had at least one litter of piglets. Used for breeding. Gilt- A female pig that has not produced a litter of piglets yet or is being used to grow out and finish to butcher. All 4H female pigs are considered gilts. Barrow- A castrated male pig. Typically castrated at 2 weeks old, all male 4H pigs are barrows.
What does the noun sow-pig mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun sow-pig . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Description. The pig has a large head, with a long snout strengthened by a special prenasal bone and a disk of cartilage at the tip. [2] . The snout is used to dig into the soil to find food and is an acute sense organ. The dental formula of adult pigs is 3.1.4.3 3.1.4.3, giving a total of 44 teeth. The rear teeth are adapted for crushing.
