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wild boar

noun

  1. a wild Old World swine, Sus scrofa, from which most of the domestic hogs are believed to be derived.


wild boar

noun

  1. a wild pig, Sus scrofa, of parts of Europe and central Asia, having a pale grey to black coat, thin legs, a narrow body, and prominent tusks
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Origin of wild boar1

First recorded in 1475–85
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A wild boar unknowingly ventures too close to the tigress, unaware of the imminent danger.

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While attacks on humans are rare, wild boars have increasingly been spotted roaming towns and cities across Europe - prompting officials to authorise culls in several countries.

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They say that wolves keep down numbers of deer and wild boar, which damage trees and crops.

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Over the last few decades, wild boar populations have increased in the urban areas of Barcelona and in other parts of Catalonia.

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He is also alleged to have searched whether pigs eat dead bodies and about the appearance of wild boar along Lake Balaton - a body of water near Szigliget.

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