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bushpig

bushpig is the alternative form of bush pig.

Meaning of bush pig

Noun

bush pig (plural bush pigs)

  1. An African pig of the genus Potamochoerus; Potamochoerus porcus or Potamochoerus larvatus.
    • The commonest game animals are vervet and colobus monkey, baboon, common duiker, bush-pig and grysbok.1969, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, volume 63, page 19
    Synonyms:
    boschvark
  2. (Australia) A feral pig living in the bush.
  3. (Australia, derogatory, slang) A very ugly woman.
    • 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.1999 August 31, Phillip Germond, “Looking for your FAQ sheet”, in alt.showbiz.gossip (Usenet)

Forms of bushpig

pluralbushpigs

Questions about bushpig

What is bushpig the alternative form of?
Bushpig is the alternative form of bush pig.

Words near bushpig in the dictionary

  1. Bushophile
  2. Bushophiles
  3. Bushophilia
  4. bushpeople
  5. bushperson
  6. bushpig
  7. bushpigs
  8. bushrange
  9. bushranged
  10. bushranger
  11. bushrangers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bushpig (page history and authors); bush pig (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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