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boar
[ bawr, bohr ]
adjective
- South Midland and Southern U.S. (of animals) male, especially full-grown:
a boar cat.
boar
/ ɔː /
noun
- an uncastrated male pig
- See wild boar
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of boar1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of boar1
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Example Sentences
It affects cattle, sheep, pigs and, according to the government, "other cloven-hoofed animals such as wild boar, deer, llamas and alpacas".
Canadian Mike Weir in 2004 featured elk, wild boar and Arctic char.
A wild boar unknowingly ventures too close to the tigress, unaware of the imminent danger.
Wild boar, like the lynx - and the local area's legally reintroduced beavers - were once a native species but were hunted to extinction about 700 years ago.
Wild boar are a native species to Scotland, but were hunted to extinction about 700 years ago.
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