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wart hog — wartˈhog or wart hog noun Any of a genus of wild hogs found in Africa, with large wartlike excrescences on their cheeks • • • Main Entry: ↑wart * * * wart hog, a wild hog of Africa that has two large tusks and large wartlike growths on each side… … Useful english dictionary
Wart hog — (Zo[ o]l.) Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus {Phacoch[oe]rus}. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wart hog — n. a wild African hog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) having a broad, flat face, very large, incurved tusks, and conical warts on the cheeks between the eyes and tusks: also warthog n … English World dictionary
Wart Hog — est une chanson des Ramones, en cinquième position sur leur onzième album, Too Tough to Die, sorti en 1989. Écrite par Joey Ramone et Dee Dee Ramone, elle dure 1 54 et symbolise en partie le virage « hardcore » pris par le groupe. Liens … Wikipédia en Français
wart hog — karpotis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Phacochoerus aethiopicus angl. wart hog vok. Warzenschwein rus. абиссинский бородавочник; африканский бородавочник; бородавочник pranc. sanglier de savanes… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
wart·hog — /ˈwoɚtˌhɑːg/ noun, pl hogs [count] : a type of wild hog that lives in Africa … Useful english dictionary
Wonder Wart-Hog — (the Hog of Steel) is an underground comic book character, a porcine parody of Superman, created by Gilbert Shelton and Tony Bell.His secret identity is the mild mannered reporter Philbert Desanex. (Occasionally, however, Shelton has depicted… … Wikipedia
hog — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pig, swine, boar, sow; beast; informal, glutton (see gluttony). See animal. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A pig] Syn. swine, sow, boar, shoat, razorback, wild boar, wart hog, babirusa, truffle pig, peccary,… … English dictionary for students
hog — n. & v. n. 1 a a domesticated pig, esp. a castrated male reared for slaughter. b any of several other pigs of the family Suidae, e.g. a wart hog. 2 colloq. a greedy person. 3 (also hogg) Brit. dial. a young sheep before the first shearing. v.… … Useful english dictionary
hog — n 1. pig, sow, boar, razorback; peccary, wart hog, babirusa; porker, grunter, oinker, tusker; swine, barrow; shoat, shote, piglet, pigling, piggy, suckling pig, hogling. 2.Informal. a. glutton, cormorant, gourmand, eater; trencherman, big eater,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
