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porcine
[ pawr-sahyn, -sin ]
adjective
- of or relating to swine.
- resembling swine; hoggish; piggish.
porcine
/ ˈpɔːsaɪn /
adjective
- of, connected with, or characteristic of pigs
porcine
/ pôr′sīn′ /
- Relating to or resembling pigs.
Word History and Origins
Origin of porcine1
Example Sentences
More recently, scientists have focused on pigs, largely because porcine organs are about the size of adult humans’, and the animals are already raised on an industrial scale.
Doctors have been using porcine heart valves to replace damaged ones in humans since the 1960s.
Reuters hedline: “Deadly swine virus sweeps U.S.” Disease is called porcine epidemic diarrhea.
I actually do think Chris Christine is too porcine to be elected president.
He was decidedly porcine in his disposition, very plebeian in his manners, and doubtless also in his sentiments.
From the depths of the gamut to the shrieky top again,—a droning that has something of porcine or wild-boar character.
On his return Greybrush found the passage littered with moss and leaves, while porcine snoring resounded throughout the earth.
He was not carnivorous, or a beast of prey, and ugly as he was, certainly looked better alive than he would as a porcine corpse.
Porcine, por′sīn, adj. pertaining to or resembling swine: swinish.
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