bush pig

See also: bushpig

English

A southern bush pig (Potamochoerus larvatus koirpotamu) at the San Diego Zoo, California

Alternative forms

• bush-pig, bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus)

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

bush pig (plural bush pigs)

1. An African pig of the genus Potamochoerus; Potamochoerus porcus or Potamochoerus larvatus.

   Synonym: boschvark

   • 1969, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology‎^[1], volume 63, page 19:

     The commonest game animals are vervet and colobus monkey, baboon, common duiker, bush-pig and grysbok.

   • 2006, Armin Prinz, editor, Hunting Food and Drinking Wine: Proceedings of the conference in Poysdorf, 2003‎^[2], page 208:

     There are two types of bohonda net hunts. One type is directed by a nkangohonda (bush pig charmer), a sorcerer-hunter who handles bush pigs as easily as if they were dogs, gathering herds of them about him and even holding them by their necks.

   • 2011, Britannica Educational Publishing, Grazers‎^[3], page 175:

     The bush pig (Potamochoerus porcus) is an African member of the pig family, Suidae, resembling a boar but with long body hair and tassels of hair on its ears.

2. (Australia) A feral pig living in the bush.
3. (Australia, slang, derogatory) A very ugly woman.
   • 1999 August 31, Phillip Germond, “Looking for your FAQ sheet”, in alt.showbiz.gossip‎^[4] (Usenet):

     I find Clinton to be the greatest president because of all unintended humor he's supplied and for his parade of bush pigs like Lewinsky, Trip and Paula Jones.

   • 2005 January 11, Dan, “Miss Summarnats”, in aus.cars‎^[5] (Usenet):

     Funny as that never really happens to me when I was drinking at a pub or a club and I see a bush pig no matter how drunk I am I still see a bush pig.

   • 2005 July 9, Sanctify, “The Christie comparison”, in alt.tv.big-brother.australia‎^[6] (Usenet):

     She's a shocker - tits and body aside, she looks like a bush pig, acts like a bush pig, speaks like a bush pig and thus *is* a bush pig. She'd win the ugliest girl football pull anyday.^[sic]

Hyponyms

• (Potamochoerus porcus): red river hog

Translations

pig of the genus Potamochoerus

• Afrikaans: bosvark (af)
• Finnish: pensselisika
• French: potamochère (fr) m
• Portuguese: porco vermelho m
• Russian: куста́рниковая свинья́ f (kustárnikovaja svinʹjá)
• Swahili: nguruwe (sw)

References

• bush pig on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Potamochoerus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Potamochoerus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons