warthog

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Etymology

wart + hog

A soiled warthog relaxing during a hot day at San Diego Zoo, California, USA

Noun

warthog (plural warthogs)

1. A species of wild pig native to Africa.
2. A nickname for the A-10 Thunderbolt II air support warplane

Hyponyms

• Phacochoerus aethiopicus
• Phacochoerus africanus

Derived terms

• Cape warthog
• common warthog
• Somali warthog

Translations

a species of wild pig

• Basque: fakokero (eu)
• Catalan: facoquer (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 疣豬 (cmn), 疣猪 (cmn) (yóuzhū)

• Danish: vortesvinet (da) n
• Dutch: knobbelzwijn n, wrattenzwijn n
• Esperanto: verukapro (eo)
• Estonian: tüügassiga
• Finnish: pahkasika (fi)
• French: phacochère (fr) m
• German: Warzenschwein (de) n
• Greek: φακόχοιρος (el) (fakókhoiros) m

• Hebrew: חזיר יבלות מצוי (he)
• Icelandic: vörtusvín (is) n
• Italian: facocero (it) m
• Japanese: 疣猪 (ja) (いぼいのしし, iboinoshishi), イボイノシシ (ja) (iboinoshishi)
• Navajo: bisóodi bizęęs dį́įʼii
• Polish: guziec (pl) m
• Romanian: porc alergător (ro) m, porc cu negi (ro) m, facocer (ro) m
• Russian: бородавочник (ru) (borodávočnik) m
• Spanish: facóquero (es) m
• Swahili: ngiri (sw)
• Wolof: mbaam-àll mi (wo)

See also

• Wikipedia article on warthogs