hog : Idioms & Phrases

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Bush hog

  • (Zoöl.), a South African wild hog (Potamochoerus Africanus); called also bush pig, and water hog.
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Bush hog, Ground hog, etc

  • . See under Bush, Ground, etc.
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Earth hog, Earth pig

  • (Zoöl.), the aard-vark.
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Ground hog

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) The woodchuck or American marmot (Arctomys monax). See Woodchuck. (b) The aardvark.
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Herring hog

  • noun the common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific
    harbor porpoise; Phocoena phocoena.
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  • (Zoöl.), the common porpoise.
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hog badger

  • noun southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig
    hog badger; Arctonyx collaris; sand badger.
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Hog caterpillar

  • (Zoöl.), the larva of the green grapevine sphinx; so called because the head and first three segments are much smaller than those behind them, so as to make a resemblance to a hog's snout. See Hawk moth.
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Hog cholera

  • noun highly infectious virus disease of swine
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  • an epidemic contagious fever of swine, attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery. Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser. )
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hog cranberry

  • noun evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn
    sand berry; mountain box; creashak; common bearberry; wild cranberry; mealberry; bear's grape; sandberry; Arctostaphylos uva-ursi; red bearberry.
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Hog deer

  • (Zoöl.), the axis deer.
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Hog gum

  • (Bot.), West Indian tree (Symphonia globulifera), yielding an aromatic gum.
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hog millet

  • noun extensively cultivated in Europe and Asia for its grain and in United States sometimes for forage
    Panicum miliaceum; broomcorn millet.
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hog molly

  • noun widely distributed in warm clear shallow streams
    Hypentelium nigricans; hog molly.
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Hog of wool

  • the trade name for the fleece or wool of sheep of the second year.
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Hog peanut

  • noun vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanuts
    Amphicarpa bracteata; Amphicarpaea bracteata; wild peanut.
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  • (Bot.), a kind of earth pea.
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Hog plum

  • noun tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit
    yellow mombin tree; Spondias mombin; yellow mombin.
  • noun small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit
    Prunus angustifolia; hog plum; chickasaw plum.
  • noun fruit of the wild plum of southern United States
    wild plum.
  • noun yellow oval tropical fruit
    yellow mombin.
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  • (Bot.), a tropical tree, of the genus Spondias (S. lutea), with fruit somewhat resembling plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies.
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hog plum bush

  • noun small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit
    Prunus angustifolia; hog plum; chickasaw plum.
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hog snapper

  • noun large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout
    Lachnolaimus maximus; hogfish.
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hog sucker

  • noun widely distributed in warm clear shallow streams
    Hypentelium nigricans; hog molly.
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Hog's bean

  • (Bot.), the plant henbane.
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Hog's bread

  • .(Bot.) See Sow bread.
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Hog's fennel

  • . (Bot.) See under Fennel.
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hog's-back

Hog's"-back` noun
Definitions
  1. (Geol.) A hogback.
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hog-nosed badger

  • noun southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig
    hog badger; Arctonyx collaris; sand badger.
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hog-nosed skunk

  • noun large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico
    Conepatus leuconotus; hognosed skunk; rooter skunk; badger skunk.
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hog-tie

  • verb tie together somebody's limbs
    • The prisoner was hog-tied
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Mexican hog

  • (Zoöl.), the peccary.
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musk hog

  • noun nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America
    peccary.
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razorback hog

  • noun a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States
    razorback; razorback hog.
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razorbacked hog

  • noun a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States
    razorback; razorback hog.
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River hog

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of African wild hogs of the genus Potamoch&oe;rus. They frequent wet places along the rivers. (b) The capybara.
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road hog

  • noun a driver who obstructs others
    roadhog.
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sea hog

Sea" hog`
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The porpoise.
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Stag hog

  • (Zoöl.), the babiroussa.
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wart hog

Wart" hog`
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  1. (Zoöl.) Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch&oe;rus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacoch&oe;rus Æthiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Æliani) is native of the coasts of the Red Sea.
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Water hog

  • . (Zoöl.) See Capybara.
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