wild boar
noun
: an Old World wild hog (Sus scrofa) from which most domestic swine have been derived
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The simple island life of caves, crabs, lizards, wild boar and no running water is upended with the arrival of de Armas’ Baroness Eloise Bosquet de Wagner Wehrhorn who threatens to build an exclusive hotel.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2025
Rounding up the Bad Girls are Bulgarian wild boar Pigtail, which was voiced by Maria Bakalova and Natasha Lyonne as the wry raven Doom (aka Susan).
—Giana Levy, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
Lithuania Dividing the Baltic Sea from the Curonian Lagoon, this 60-mile peninsula is a place of shifting dunes, sleepy fishing villages, and forest trails where wild boar sometimes wander.
—Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 1 Aug. 2025
Small, tender gnocchi were arrayed in a ragù of winey wild boar.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2025
Rounding up the Bad Girls are Bulgarian wild boar Pigtail, which was voiced by Maria Bakalova and Natasha Lyonne as the wry raven Doom (aka Susan).
—Giana Levy, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
Lithuania Dividing the Baltic Sea from the Curonian Lagoon, this 60-mile peninsula is a place of shifting dunes, sleepy fishing villages, and forest trails where wild boar sometimes wander.
—Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 1 Aug. 2025
Small, tender gnocchi were arrayed in a ragù of winey wild boar.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Wild boar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild%20boar. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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