"pigroot" meaning in English

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        "An area of soil where pigs have turned up the ground with their snouts looking for worms, insects, and plant roots to eat."
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          "sense": "an area of soil turned up by pigs rooting with their snouts",
          "word": "kūtorotanga"
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        "Any plant of the genus Sisyrinchium."
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        "To stick its rump in the air and lower its forequarters."
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        "(of a horse or other steed) To stick its rump in the air and lower its forequarters."
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      "sense": "an area of soil turned up by pigs rooting with their snouts",
      "word": "kūtorotanga"
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