Suidae

plural noun

Su·​idae

ˈsüəˌdē

: a family of nonruminant artiodactylous mammals consisting of the wild and domestic swine but in modern classifications excluding the peccaries

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Sus, type genus + -idae

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