puerco

Definitions of puerco
  1. noun
    stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
    synonyms: cerdo
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    cochino, cocho, gorrino, guarro, marrano
    domestic swine
    verraco
    an uncastrated male hog
    cerda, cochina, guarra, marrana, puerca
    an adult female hog
    jabalí
    Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
    babirusa
    Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth
    facochero
    African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks
    cochinillo, lechón
    a pig fattened to provide meat
    type of:
    artiodáctilo
    placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
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