Main Entry:

wart·hog

Pronunciation:

\ˈwȯrt-ˌhȯg, -ˌhäg\

Function:

noun

Date:

1840

: a wild African hog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) that has large protruding tusks and in the male two pairs of rough warty excrescences on the face and that is sometimes placed in two separate species (P. aethiopicus and P. africanus)

[warthog illustration]