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por·cine  (pôrsn)

adj.

Of or resembling swine or a pig: "a bald porcine old man" (Vladimir Nabokov).

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[Middle English, from Old French porcin, from Latin porcnus, from porcus, pig; see porko- in Indo-European roots.]

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porcine [ˈpɔːsaɪn]

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) of, connected with, or characteristic of pigs

[from Latin porcīnus, from porcus pig]

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porcine  (pôrsn)

Relating to or resembling pigs.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	porcine - relating to or suggesting swine; "comparison between human and porcine pleasures"
	2.	porcine - repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man" gross fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
	3.	porcine - resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy; "piggish table manners"; "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"; "swinish slavering over food" hoggish, piggish, piggy, swinish gluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"

Translations

porcine [ˈpɔːsaɪn] ADJ → porcino, porcuno

porcine

adj (= pig-like) → schweineartig; (= of pigs) → Schweine-; … are members of the porcine family → … gehören zur Familie der Schweine or zu den Schweineartigen