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Meanings of wild hog in English

A mammal of the biological family Suidae (Sus scrofa, Linneo 1758), ancestor of the domestic pig.

        Usage of wild hog in English
        1
        The flesh of the wild hog made the most toothsome boucanned meat.
        On the Spanish Main; Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of D...
        2
        One challenging grunt the wild hog uttered, starting as if to charge.
        As It Was in the Beginning
        3
        Chicken, pork (except wild hog), and dog are never eaten except ceremonially.
        The Bontoc Igorot
        4
        Old Master killed a wild hog and he give mammy her ten tiny pigs.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        5
        The wild hog (Sus scrofa) is found on the lower Helmund.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        6
        Our principal resource for fresh meat was the wild hog, with which the island abounds.
        A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
        7
        But the wild hog is fiercer than the tiger.
        Classic Myths
        8
        A wild hog, also lying near the altar, was the object of their serious attention.
        The Great White Tribe in Filipinia
        9
        Edward recalls of hearing his father tell of eating wild hog salad and cabbage palms.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        10
        His entire wild hog had been roasted.
        As It Was in the Beginning
        11
        Has a wild hog torn her?
        Hawaiian Folk Tales / A Collection of Native Legends
        12
        Besides, throughout the long night men and women build fires among the sementeras and guard their crop from the wild hog.
        The Bontoc Igorot
        13
        The wild hog was found quite dead about one hundred and seventy paces from the place where he had been shot.
        Wanderings in South America
        14
        One Sunday morning they surprised two of Waugh's vaqueros while the latter were dressing a wild hog which they had killed.
        A Texas Matchmaker
        15
        They may not eat the meat of the wild carabao, wild hog, beef, eels, nor may they use peppers in their food.
        The Tinguian: Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippi...
        16
        So by torchlight we marched into the plantation, the wild hog rocking from its pole, and the doctor singing an old hunting-song-Tally-ho
        Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas
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