SUS SCROFA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sus scrofa mean? 

• SUS SCROFA (noun)
  The noun SUS SCROFA has 2 senses:

1. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States

2. domestic swine

  Familiarity information: SUS SCROFA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUS SCROFA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

boar; Sus scrofa; wild boar

Hypernyms ("Sus scrofa" is a kind of...):

swine (stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals)

Meronyms (parts of "Sus scrofa"):

tusk (a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog)

Holonyms ("Sus scrofa" is a member of...):

genus Sus; Sus (type genus of the Suidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Domestic swine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

grunter; hog; pig; squealer; Sus scrofa

Hypernyms ("Sus scrofa" is a kind of...):

swine (stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals)

Meronyms (parts of "Sus scrofa"):

trotter (foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food)

porc; pork (meat from a domestic hog or pig)

Meronyms (substance of "Sus scrofa"):

lard (soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Sus scrofa"):

porker (a pig fattened to provide meat)

Holonyms ("Sus scrofa" is a member of...):

genus Sus; Sus (type genus of the Suidae)

 Context examples 

The domestic pig Sus scrofa domestica.

(Pig, NCI Thesaurus)