"bush pig" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 bush pig.ogg Forms: bush pigs [plural]
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  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), куста́рниковая свинья́ (kustárnikovaja svinʹjá) [feminine] (Russian), nguruwe (Swahili)
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  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: 30 62 9 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swahili translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 42 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 35 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 37 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 37 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 36 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 36 33 31 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 37 33 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 34 36 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 37 31 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 36 32 33
  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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swahili translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 42 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 35 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 37 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 37 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 36 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 36 33 31 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 37 33 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 34 36 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 37 31 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 36 32 33

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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