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boar

American  
[bawr, bohr] / bɔr, boʊr /

noun

  1. the uncastrated male swine.

  2. wild boar.

adjective

  1. South Midland and Southern U.S. (of animals) male, especially full-grown.

    a boar cat.
boar British  
/ bɔː /

noun

  1. an uncastrated male pig

  2. See wild boar

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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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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

Other rewilding efforts - both legal and illegal - causing debate include sea eagles, lynx, wolves, elk, and even some species of butterfly, while sightings of wild boar on Dartmoor sparked division.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

Canadian Mike Weir in 2004 featured elk, wild boar and Arctic char.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

There was a boy in the crowd, his curly, black hair wild in the wind, riding on the back of a boar the size of a cart horse.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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