boar
boar / bôr/ • n. (pl. same or boars ) 1. (also wild boar) a tusked Eurasian wild pig (Sus scrofa) from which domestic pigs are descended. ∎ the flesh of the wild boar as food. 2. an uncastrated domestic male pig.
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boar more fully the wild boar, a tusked wild pig from which domestic pigs are descended; in allusive use, the Boar is Richard III, whose emblem was a White of Chancery.
boar's head traditionally served at a feast on Christmas day.
boar's head traditionally served at a feast on Christmas day.
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