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pig

noun as in animal of swine family

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noun as in person who is like a pig

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The meat companies’ employees, many of them immigrants and refugees, slice pig bellies or cut up chicken carcasses in close quarters.

Growing up on a farm in an Amish part of rural Pennsylvania, he woke up before dawn to care for pigs and cows.

From Fortune

It’s a painting of a warty pig, an animal still found on Sulawesi, that was rendered on the cave’s back wall at least 45,500 years ago, researchers report January 13 in Science Advances.

I talked to a woman who nursed an injured baby pig back to health.

From Vox

I’m also guessing most people haven’t found themselves sitting in the back seat of a car, in charge of making sure a massive raw pig didn’t roll onto the floor.

He has said he believes Al Sharpton is a “race pimp” and a pig.

Elle magazine shot an editorial in September, one picture revealing a teacup pig sitting pretty by a mini Tyler Alexandra bag.

Unfortunately, neither of our teams had pinpointed the pig's burial site.

Bats that had once lived deep in the forest were now eking out a living on mango trees and near pig farms.

In 2014, it appears, the key to winning in a swing state is to avoid talking about issues and emphasize pig castration.

Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.

"I don't know whether I am going to like this or not--this coming to live in town," thought the little pig.

The pig family did not know when Squinty would be taken away from them, and all they could do was to wait.

Several times after this the boy and his sisters came to look down into the pig pen.

But just wishing never made anyone larger or taller, not even a pig, and Squinty stayed the same size.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pig, such as: boar, hog, piglet, swine, piggy, and porker.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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