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suine

suine noun: (strictly) An even-toed ungulate belonging to the taxonomic subfamily Suinae, which is comprised of modern pigs (genus Sus) and their close relatives, both living and extinct.

Noun

suine (countable and uncountable, plural suines)

  1. (strictly) An even-toed ungulate belonging to the taxonomic subfamily Suinae, which is comprised of modern pigs (genus Sus) and their close relatives, both living and extinct.
    • Primitive suines appeared in the Eocene.1983, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, volume 7, page 574
  2. (loosely) An even-toed ungulate belonging to the suborder Suina.
  3. (rare, uncountable) A buttery substitute usually made of suet or lard.

Forms of suine

pluralsuines

Questions about suine

What does suine mean?
Suine means (strictly) An even-toed ungulate belonging to the taxonomic subfamily Suinae, which is comprised of modern pigs (genus Sus) and their close relatives, both living and extinct.
What part of speech is suine?
Suine is a noun.
What is the plural of suine?
The plural of suine is suines.

Words near suine in the dictionary

  1. suilysin
  2. suimate
  3. suimates
  4. suimono
  5. Suina
  6. suine
  7. suines
  8. suing
  9. suing one's livery
  10. suing out
  11. suingly

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