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    SUS SCROFA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Domestic swineplay

    Synonyms:

    grunter; hog; pig; squealer; Sus scrofa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Sus scrofa" is a kind of...):

    swine (stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals)

    Meronyms (parts of "Sus scrofa"):

    trotter (foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food)

    porc; pork (meat from a domestic hog or pig)

    Meronyms (substance of "Sus scrofa"):

    lard (soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Sus scrofa"):

    porker (a pig fattened to provide meat)

    Holonyms ("Sus scrofa" is a member of...):

    genus Sus; Sus (type genus of the Suidae)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United Statesplay

    Synonyms:

    boar; Sus scrofa; wild boar

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Sus scrofa" is a kind of...):

    swine (stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals)

    Meronyms (parts of "Sus scrofa"):

    tusk (a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog)

    Holonyms ("Sus scrofa" is a member of...):

    genus Sus; Sus (type genus of the Suidae)

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