boar
Americannoun
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an uncastrated male pig
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See wild boar
Etymology
Origin of boar
First recorded before 1000; Middle English boor, Old English bār; cognate with Dutch beer, Old High German bêr, from unattested West Germanic baira-, perhaps akin to Welsh baedd
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Ordeig estimates that the entire Catalonia region contains between 120,000 and 180,000 boar.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
However, the thousands of wild boar that roam the area, some of which have been known to enter the outskirts of Barcelona itself, have been identified as a key factor behind the spread of ASF.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
"Where we have problems, and where everyone in Europe has problems, is with the wild boar population, because there is overpopulation," said Higuera.
From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025
Canadian Mike Weir in 2004 featured elk, wild boar and Arctic char.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025
You held the butt of it with your right hand an the ground to take the shock, while you stretched your left arm to its fullest extent and kept the point toward the charging boar.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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