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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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They had previously been characterized as entirely herbivorous, like gorillas, Goodall observed them hunting, killing and eating small mammals such as bush pigs and colobus monkeys, by any standard a complicated collaborative enterprise.

From Salon

It turned out to be a baby bush pig.

Insulin from cattle and pigs had been used to treat diabetes, but caused allergic reactions in some patients.

From BBC

The preschoolers were fascinated, looking at their classroom through the lens of an iPad camera, watching animated images pop up as a cheerful voice told them: Feed apples to a pig behind a haystack.

There’s only so much suckling pig and paella one could handle, so I found myself seeking the finest examples of tomato bread, city by city.

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

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