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boar

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boar  (bôr, br)
n.
1.
a. An uncastrated male pig.
b. The adult male of any of several mammals, such as the beaver, raccoon, or guinea pig.
2. The wild boar.

[Middle English bor, from Old English br.]

boar [bɔː]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an uncastrated male pig
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) See wild boar
[Old English bār; related to Old High German bēr]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.boarboar - Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
tusk - a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
swine - stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
genus Sus, Sus - type genus of the Suidae
2.boar - an uncastrated male hog
swine - stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals

boar noun
Related words
collective noun sounder
Translations
boar [bɔːʳ] N (= male pig) → cerdo m, verraco m
wild boarjabalí m

boar [ˈbɔːr] nsanglier m

boar
n (= male pig)Eber m; (wild) → Keiler m; boar’s headSchweinskopf m

boar [bɔːʳ] n (male pig) → verro; (wild boar) → cinghiale m
boar [bɔːʳ] n (male pig) → verro; (wild boar) → cinghiale m

boar
n boar [boː]
a male pig (especially the wild variety). beer, varkbeer خَنْزيرٌ ذَكَر диво прасе divočák vildsvineorne der Eber αρσενικό αγριογούρουνο, κάπρος javalí, verraco (mets)kult خوک نر وحشی karju sanglier חָזִיר בָּר सूअर vepar (vad)kan babi hutan (villi)göltur cinghiale 雄豚 수퇘지 šernas vepris; kuilis babi jantan wild zwijn galte; villsvin dzik javali vier, porc mistreţ кабан diviak merjasec nerast galt หมูป่าตัวผู้ erkek domuz 公豬 кабан; кнур نر سؤر lợn lòi đực


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So the next morning the wolf sent the boar to challenge Sultan to come into the wood to fight the matter.
The boar thrust the ferns aside and stepped into the open.
In the end the tusked boar fell pierced by the blades of the many spears they held in front of him; and Don Quixote, turning round at the cries of Sancho, for he knew by them that it was he, saw him hanging from the oak head downwards, with Dapple, who did not forsake him in his distress, close beside him; and Cide Hamete observes that he seldom saw Sancho Panza without seeing Dapple, or Dapple without seeing Sancho Panza; such was their attachment and loyalty one to the other.
 
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