wild boar
noun
: an Old World wild hog (Sus scrofa) from which most domestic swine have been derived
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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.
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Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 1 Aug. 2025
At Asiab, researchers uncovered 19 wild boar skulls, carefully packed into a pit inside a round building.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 29 July 2025
Resting after a wild boar hunt, warlord (Tatsuya Nakadai) decides to divide his domain among his three sons.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 May 2025
Interacts with men of the indigenous Rukai tribe, who hunt for wild boar in the mountains.
—Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 1 Aug. 2025
At Asiab, researchers uncovered 19 wild boar skulls, carefully packed into a pit inside a round building.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 29 July 2025
Resting after a wild boar hunt, warlord (Tatsuya Nakadai) decides to divide his domain among his three sons.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 May 2025
Interacts with men of the indigenous Rukai tribe, who hunt for wild boar in the mountains.
—Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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“Wild boar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild%20boar. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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