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pig dog

British  

noun

  1. a dog bred for hunting wild pigs in the bush

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Herriot recalls that in his student days domestic animals were customarily listed in descending order of importance: horse, ox, sheep, pig, dog.

From Time Magazine Archive

He begins with man—and then goes on to the horse, the ass, the cow, sheep, goat, pig, dog, &c. 

From Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals by Butler, Samuel

They contained polished celts, flint flakes, rude pottery and human skeletons, along with the broken bones of the pig, dog, horse, Celtic shorthorn and goat.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Of mammals there are only the pig, dog, a flying-fox and the rat, of which the first two have probably been imported by the natives.

From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Speiser, Felix

In the pig, dog, and cat, the digastric differs more from the corresponding muscle in man; it is not, as in the latter, formed of two parts.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard