(domesticated pig)

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• PIG — (Heb. חֲזִיר, ḥazir). Included in the Pentateuch among the unclean animals prohibited as food is the pig which, although cloven footed, is a nonruminant (Lev. 11:7; Deut. 16:8). It is the sole unclean animal mentioned as possessing these… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Pig (zodiac) — Hai () is the twelfth sign of the Earthly Branches. Its animal representation is the Boar ( ). In Chinese culture, the boar is associated with fertility and virility. To bear children in the year of the boar is considered to be very fortunate,… …   Wikipedia

• pig — A container, usually made of lead, used for shielding vials or syringes containing radioactive materials. [jargon] * * * Polaris Investigator Group; polymeric immunoglobulin * * * (pig) 1. a domesticated form of Sus scrofa, a farm animal with… …   Medical dictionary

• pig — [pig] n. pl. pigs or pig [ME pigge, orig., young pig (replacing OE swin) < OE * picga, as in picgbread, mast, pig s food] 1. any swine, esp. the unweaned young of the thick bodied domesticated species (Sus scrofa): see HOG (sense 1) 2. meat… …   English World dictionary

• pig — ► NOUN 1) a domesticated mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout, kept for its meat. 2) a wild animal related to the domestic pig. 3) informal a greedy, dirty, or unpleasant person. 4) informal, derogatory a police officer. 5) an oblong… …   English terms dictionary

• Pig — Taxobox name = Pig image width = 250px image caption = A sow and her piglet. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia subclassis = Theria infraclassis = Eutheria ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Suidae subfamilia = Suinae genus = Sus… …   Wikipedia

• pig — n. & v. n. 1 a any omnivorous hoofed bristly mammal of the family Suidae, esp. a domesticated kind, Sus scrofa. b US a young pig; a piglet. c (often in comb.) any similar animal (guinea pig). 2 the flesh of esp. a young or sucking pig as food… …   Useful english dictionary

• pig — I. /pɪg / (say pig) noun 1. the common domesticated swine, Sus scrofa, descended from the wild boar, widely distributed with humans and bred into many varieties to provide meat and fat; feral populations in Australia cause great ecological damage …  

• pig — noun 1》 an omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout, kept for its meat. [Sus domesticus.]     ↘a wild animal related to this; a hog. [Family Suidae.]     ↘N. Amer. a young pig; a piglet. 2》 informal a greedy …   English new terms dictionary

• pig — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English pigge Date: 13th century 1. a. a young domesticated swine not yet sexually mature; broadly a wild or domestic swine b. an animal related to or resembling the pig 2. a. pork …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pig — 1. noun /pɪɡ/ a) Any of several mammals of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated farm animal Sus scrofa. The farmer kept a pen with two pigs that he fed from table scraps and… …   Wiktionary