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piglike — adjective see pig I … New Collegiate Dictionary
piglike — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: pig (I) + like : resembling a pig … Useful english dictionary
aardvark — /ahrd vahrk /, n. a large, nocturnal, burrowing mammal, Orycteropus afer, of central and southern Africa, feeding on ants and termites and having a long, extensile tongue, strong claws, and long ears. [1825 35; < Afrik erdvark < D aardvarken,… … Universalium
artiodactyl — artiodactylous, adj. /ahr tee oh dak til/, adj. 1. Zool. having an even number of toes or digits on each foot. n. 2. a hoofed, even toed mammal of the order Artiodactyla, comprising the pigs, hippopotamuses, camels, deer, giraffes, pronghorns,… … Universalium
bonefish — /bohn fish /, n., pl. bonefishes, (esp. collectively) bonefish. a marine game fish, Albula vulpes, found in shallow tropical waters, having a skeleton composed of numerous small, fine bones. Also called ladyfish. [1725 35, Amer.; BONE1 + FISH] *… … Universalium
peccary — /pek euh ree/, n., pl. peccaries, (esp. collectively) peccary. any of several piglike hoofed mammals of the genus Tayassu, of North and South America, as T. tajacu (collared peccary, or javelina), having a dark gray coat with a white collar.… … Universalium
pig — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English pigge Date: 13th century 1. a. a young domesticated swine not yet sexually mature; broadly a wild or domestic swine b. an animal related to or resembling the pig 2. a. pork … New Collegiate Dictionary
Hedgehog — Taxobox name = HedgehogsMSW3 Hutterer | pages = 212–217] image caption = European Hedgehog regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Erinaceomorpha familia = Erinaceidae subfamilia = Erinaceinae subfamilia authority = G.… … Wikipedia
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger — The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes . ynopsisHolmes is visited by Mrs.… … Wikipedia
Pig dragon — A pig dragon or zhulong (Chinese 猪龍) is a type of jade artifact from neolithic China. Zhulong are zoomorphic forms with a piglike head and elongated limbless body coiled around to the head in the manner of an ouroboros. Early pig dragons are… … Wikipedia
