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boar

[bawr, bohr] / bɔr, boʊr /


NOUN
swine
Synonyms


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"In Wayanad, going into the plantation at night is risky. We have snakes, wild boars, sometimes even leopards and elephants," he says.

From BBC

The boar gave an ill-tempered snort and let him pass.

From Literature

“They like to build their nests on living things: on the heads of the warrior boars, or in the hair of people.”

From Literature

At its heart was the most complete battle trumpet, or carnyx, ever found in Europe - and the first-ever boar's head flag standard to be found in Britain.

From BBC

If you should happen to dream up a scene in which a man runs screaming around the jungle with a wild boar strapped to his head, he’s the obvious pick to pull it off.

From The Wall Street Journal