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boar

[bawr, bohr] / bɔr, boʊr /


NOUN
swine
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As the day went on, we saw wild boar, red deer and a single nervous fox.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

"Where we have problems, and where everyone in Europe has problems, is with the wild boar population, because there is overpopulation," said Higuera.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

Drafted into Margo’s world, Sophie is soon shooting skeet, and then, having bought her own guns, wild boar.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025

It affects cattle, sheep, pigs and, according to the government, "other cloven-hoofed animals such as wild boar, deer, llamas and alpacas".

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

“It was about the same time that my Wild Man ran away with the hunt. Ours was a boar hunt too.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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