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warthog

warthog

9 5.5
A wild African pig with large curved tusks and bumpy lumps on its face
  • noun
  • /ˈwɔrtˌhɔg/
  • South African
: facóquero
  • With the reduction of lions, the warthogs and smaller antelopes have started to reproduce and increase their numbers in the park.
  • warthog tusks

I play Pumbaa, the warthog in the new Lion King.

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Examples

  • Warthogs are often such targets, and watching the stalking process with them as targets is fascinating.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Warthogs seem to be the perfect meal, small, tasty and easy to catch.

    African Cats (2011)

  • Look at the warthogs, lad.

    Trader Horn (1931)

  • A family of warthogs lives on the grounds of the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge and provides many photo opportunities.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Not only do flamingos come calling, but also other birds, baboons, warthogs, and other big mammals.

    Blog text (22)

  • PHOTOS (COLOR): In the Selous Game Reserve, warthogs, above, are the wild dogs' third most important prey, after wildebeests and impalas.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Hyena dens are often abandoned warthog burrows or under rocky boulders, especially in plains where there are no natural cavities.

    Academic text (2005)

  • The warthog is easily recognizable due to its warty face and large tusks.

  • During our safari, we spotted a warthog trotting across the savannah.

  • A warthog used its tusks to dig for roots in the dry ground.

Synonyms

Phacochoerus
vswarthog
  • Specialized
9.9

A large African wild pig with big warts on its face and curved tusks

is the common everyday name used instead of the scientific genus
genus Phacochoerus
vswarthog
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of wild African pigs called warthogs with large facial warts and curved tusks

is the everyday common name used outside scientific classification

Surface Forms

warthog singular
warthogs plural

Morphology

warthog = wart + hog (transparent) = wart + hog

The meaning 'a pig with warty lumps' follows directly from the clear compound 'wart' + 'hog'.

Etymology

Warthog comes from the two parts wart and hog, where wart means 'lump' and hog means 'pig'. So a warthog is literally a pig with warty lumps on its face, which explains the animal's name.