Pertaining to swine

  • 1sow — {{11}}sow (n.) O.E. sugu, su female of the swine, from P.Gmc. *sugo (Cf. O.S., O.H.G. su, Ger. Sau, Du. zeug, O.N. syr), from PIE root *su (Cf. Skt. sukarah wild boar, swine; Avestan hu wild boar; Gk. hys swine; …

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  • 2Swinish — Swin ish, a. Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot. Swinish gluttony. Milton. {Swin ish*ly}, adv. {Swin ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3Swinishly — Swinish Swin ish, a. Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot. Swinish gluttony. Milton. {Swin ish*ly}, adv. {Swin ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4Swinishness — Swinish Swin ish, a. Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot. Swinish gluttony. Milton. {Swin ish*ly}, adv. {Swin ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 5Porcine — Por cine, a. [L. porcinus, from porcus a swine. See {Pork}.] Of or pertaining to swine; characteristic of the hog. Porcine cheeks. G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 6porcine — /pawr suyn, sin/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to swine. 2. resembling swine; hoggish; piggish. [1650 60; < L porcinus; see PORK, INE1] * * * …

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  • 7porcine — por•cine [[t]ˈpɔr saɪn, sɪn[/t]] adj. 1) mam of or pertaining to swine 2) resembling swine; hoggish; piggish • Etymology: 1650–60; &LT; L porcīnus; see pork, ine I …

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  • 8porcine — a. 1. Pertaining to swine. 2. Hog like, swinish …

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  • 9seta —   n. (pl. tae ) bristle; any bristle like organ.    ♦ setaceous, a. bristly.    ♦ setal, a.    ♦ setarious, a. like a bristle.    ♦ setiferous, a. bearing bristles; pertaining to swine …

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  • 10animal disease — ▪ non human Introduction       an impairment of the normal state of an animal that interrupts or modifies its vital functions.       Concern with diseases that afflict animals dates from the earliest human contacts with animals and is reflected&#8230; …

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