boar

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[edit] English

Sus scrofa (1)
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[edit] Etymology

Old English bār, from Germanic *ƀaizaz (cf. Dutch beer); akin to Lithuanian baĩsas 'terrible apparition', Old Church Slavonic bĕsĭ 'demon'.

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Singular
boar

Plural
boars

boar (plural boars)

  1. A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
  2. A male pig.

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boar

  1. Boer

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[edit] West Frisian

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boar c.

  1. drill, bore