porcine
of or relating to swine.
resembling swine; hoggish; piggish.
Origin of porcine
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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 NewsDoctors have been using porcine heart valves to replace damaged ones in humans since the 1960s.
Reuters hedline: “Deadly swine virus sweeps U.S.” Disease is called porcine epidemic diarrhea.
I actually do think Chris Christine is too porcine to be elected president.
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 CarlyleOn 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. HavilandHe 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.
British Dictionary definitions for porcine
/ (ˈpɔːsaɪn) /
of, connected with, or characteristic of pigs
Origin of porcine
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for porcine
[ pôr′sīn′ ]
Relating to or resembling pigs.
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