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wild boar

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wild boar (plural wild boars or wild boar)

A wild swine native to Eurasia and North Africa, Sus scrofa, now widely distributed elsewhere and ancestor of most domestic pig breeds.
Synonym: wild pig

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Adonis, who loves hunting, is slain by a wild boar. Source: Internet

A few days later, Barak and Garion are hunting wild boar when Garion notices the green-cloaked spy discussing further espionage ; but before Garion can tell anyone of this, he is attacked by a wild boar, which is then slain by Barak in the form of a bear. Source: Internet

Among the larger mammals there are two endemic varieties of wild boar, Sus scrofa andamanensis from Andaman and Sus scrofa nicobaricus from Nicobar, which are protected by the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 (Sch I). Source: Internet

Also typical of southern region are smoked products, including salmon, stag, wild boar, and pheasant. Source: Internet

Diseases and parasites Lesions consistent with bovine tuberculosis on the lower jaw and lung of a wild boar Wild boars are known to host at least 20 different parasitic worm species, with maximum infections occurring in summer. Source: Internet

By 1950 wild boar had once again reached their original northern boundary in many parts of their Asiatic range. Source: Internet

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