wild boar
noun
: an Old World wild hog (Sus scrofa) from which most domestic swine have been derived
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The paths are mostly flat and home to plenty of wildlife, from cows to horses and wild boars.
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Roger Sands, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Strict Nature Reserve, which is usually closed to tourists; daytime activities such as yoga, cycling, natural dying, and archery; and after-dark tracking of foxes, wild boars, and owls.
—Erin Levi, TIME, 25 July 2024
Island Locke kills wild boars with a briefcase full of hunting knives.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 5 July 2024
The bones didn’t belong to human bodies but to animals – including a possible jawbone from a wild boar.
—Sydney Bishop, CNN, 7 July 2024
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Roger Sands, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Strict Nature Reserve, which is usually closed to tourists; daytime activities such as yoga, cycling, natural dying, and archery; and after-dark tracking of foxes, wild boars, and owls.
—Erin Levi, TIME, 25 July 2024
Island Locke kills wild boars with a briefcase full of hunting knives.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 5 July 2024
The bones didn’t belong to human bodies but to animals – including a possible jawbone from a wild boar.
—Sydney Bishop, CNN, 7 July 2024
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“Wild boar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild%20boar. Accessed 12 Oct. 2024.
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