potbellied pig

American  

noun

1. a type of small, dark, domesticated pig with a lighter band running around its middle, native to Vietnam and sometimes kept as a pet.

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Example Sentences

She treated a pornographer’s potbellied pig.

From New York Times

A potbellied pig led police on a wild chase through a central Pennsylvania town last week before being caught and placed in an animal sanctuary.

From Washington Times

Inside the trailer, special dividers kept the bears — Suzie and Sally — a safe distance from their fellow passengers: two miniature horses, a llama-alpaca hybrid, two emus, two ducks, two coatimundis and Snorkel, the potbellied pig.

From Washington Post

Try finding a new home for four alligators, three pythons, two Asiatic black bears, two tigers and a lion, plus a pair of miniature horses, 11 peafowl, a raccoon, a jittery squirrel monkey and a 150-pound potbellied pig named Snorkel.

From Washington Post

Bayer voices PB, a cheery potbellied pig and superhero fangirl who can grow or shrink.

From Washington Post