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wart hog

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wart⋅hog

[wawrt-hawg, -hog]
–noun
an African wild swine, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, having large tusks and warty protuberances on the face.

Origin:
1830–40; wart + hog
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wart hog also wart·hog   (wôrt'hôg', -hŏg')
n.  A wild African hog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) that has two tusks and wartlike growths on the face.
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