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| barrow3 |
a castrated hog. |
| Chester White |
a kind of large white hog first bred in Chester County, Pennsylvania. |
| corpus luteum |
a pharmaceutical preparation made from this gland of a hog or cow, with progesterone as the active ingredient. [1/2 definitions] |
| flitch |
a salted and cured side of a hog; side of bacon. [1/4 definitions] |
| grunt |
to make the short deep sound of a hog, or a sound similar to this. [2/3 definitions] |
| ham1 |
the meat from the rear leg of a hog. [1/2 definitions] |
| headcheese |
a jellied loaf made from the inner parts of the head of a hog. |
| hoggish |
resembling a hog, esp. in greediness or uncleanliness. |
| humble pie |
formerly, a pie made from the inner parts of a hog or deer. |
| pig |
any of a number of omnivorous cloven-hoofed mammals with broad snouts; swine; hog. [1/3 definitions] |
| pork |
meat from a pig or hog. |
| razorback |
a wild hog of the southeastern United States, descended from domestic stock and having a sharp ridge on the back. [1/2 definitions] |
| sow2 |
an adult female pig or hog. |
| swine |
pig; hog. |
| wart hog |
a wild African hog that has large tusks and many wartlike growths on the face. |
| Yorkshire |
any of a breed of white hog developed in this region. [1/2 definitions] |
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