"bush pig" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 bush pig.ogg [Australia] Forms: bush pigs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bush pig (plural bush pigs)
  1. An African pig of the genus Potamochoerus; Potamochoerus porcus or Potamochoerus larvatus. Categories (lifeform): Pigs Synonyms: boschvark Hyponyms (Potamochoerus porcus): red river hog Translations (pig of the genus Potamochoerus): bosvark (Afrikaans), pensselisika (Finnish), potamochère [masculine] (French), porco vermelho [masculine] (Portuguese), nguruwe (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-bush_pig-en-noun-nCTUWug- Disambiguation of Pigs: 44 31 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 42 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 30 30 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 39 31 30 Disambiguation of 'Potamochoerus porcus': 87 8 5 Disambiguation of 'pig of the genus Potamochoerus': 94 3 2
  2. (Australia) A feral pig living in the bush. Tags: Australia Categories (topical): People Synonyms: bush-pig, bushpig (taxonomic: Potamochoerus larvatus)
    Sense id: en-bush_pig-en-noun-yfjsiTkw Disambiguation of People: 23 47 30 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 42 21
  3. (Australia, slang, derogatory) A very ugly woman. Tags: Australia, derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-bush_pig-en-noun-gs~b0U7B Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 42 21

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