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Porcine
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example Sentences
- When a slimy producer blacklists a ditzy starlet for rejecting his porcine advances, a furious young lawyer.
- Exacerbated by an outbreak of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome.
- Genetic chimeras are nothing new in nature nor is using animal tissue in humans, porcine heart valves are but one example.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
porcine
1656, from Fr. porcin, from L. porcinus "of a hog," from porcus "hog, pig" (see pork).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
porcine  (pôr'sīn') Pronunciation Key
Relating to or resembling pigs. |
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