entelodont

English

Noun

entelodont (plural entelodonts)

1. Any extinct pig-like omnivore in the family †Entelodontidae, from the Eocene and Miocene epochs.

   Synonyms: terminator pig, hell pig, monster boar

   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 85:

     [T]he Oligocene's signature species were an unsavoury group of pigs and pig-like creatures, foremost among which were the entelodonts, more popularly known as hell pigs, or terminator pigs.