porcine

[ pawr-sahyn, -sin ]

/ ˈpɔr saɪn, -sɪn /

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adjective

of or relating to swine.

resembling swine; hoggish; piggish.

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Origin of porcine

1650–60; <Latin porcīnus;see pork, -ine¹

Words nearby porcine

porcelain enamel, porcelainite, porcelainize, porch, porch pirate, porcine, porcino, porcupine, porcupine anteater, porcupinefish, porcupine grass

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How to use porcine in a sentence

More recently, scientists have focused on pigs, largely because porcine organs are about the size of adult humans’, and the animals are already raised on an industrial scale.
Will animal-to-human organ transplants overcome their complicated history?|Laura Beil|January 31, 2022|Science News
Doctors have been using porcine heart valves to replace damaged ones in humans since the 1960s.
Science of ‘Seinfeld’|LGBTQ-Editor|June 15, 2020|No Straight News
Reuters hedline: “Deadly swine virus sweeps U.S.” Disease is called porcine epidemic diarrhea.
P.J. O’Rourke on Pot, Putin, and Polygamy|P. J. O’Rourke|January 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I actually do think Chris Christine is too porcine to be elected president.
The Christie Girth|Michael Tomasky|December 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST

He was decidedly porcine in his disposition, very plebeian in his manners, and doubtless also in his sentiments.
Hudson Bay|R.M. Ballantyne
From the depths of the gamut to the shrieky top again,—a droning that has something of porcine or wild-boar character.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVIII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
On his return Greybrush found the passage littered with moss and leaves, while porcine snoring resounded throughout the earth.
Lives of the Fur Folk|M. D. Haviland
He was not carnivorous, or a beast of prey, and ugly as he was, certainly looked better alive than he would as a porcine corpse.
Woodcraft and Camping|George Washington Sears (Nessmuk)
Porcine, por′sīn, adj. pertaining to or resembling swine: swinish.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for porcine

porcine

/ (ˈpɔːsaɪn) /

adjective

of, connected with, or characteristic of pigs

Word Origin for porcine

C17: from Latin porcīnus, from porcus pig

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Scientific definitions for porcine

porcine

[ pôr′sīn′ ]

Relating to or resembling pigs.

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