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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There were squirrels, toads, coyotes, skunks, an otter, crows, boars, and one mammoth-sized porcupine.
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"In Wayanad, going into the plantation at night is risky. We have snakes, wild boars, sometimes even leopards and elephants," he says.
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The boar gave an ill-tempered snort and let him pass.
From Literature
“They like to build their nests on living things: on the heads of the warrior boars, or in the hair of people.”
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At its heart was the most complete battle trumpet, or carnyx, ever found in Europe - and the first-ever boar's head flag standard to be found in Britain.
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