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giant forest hog

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Hylochoerus meinertzhageni, a large pig living in the jungles of West and Central Africa.

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  • Amharic: ታላቅ የጫካ እሪያ (talaḳ yäč̣aka ʾəriya) — large pig
  • Catalan: hiloquer — large pig
  • Finnish: jättiläismetsäkarju — large pig
  • Japanese: モリイノシシ (moriinoshishi) — large pig
  • Kikuyu: numĩra — large pig
  • Nyole (Uganda): embiiji class 9 — large pig
  • Russian: больша́я лесна́я свинья́ (bolʹšája lesnája svinʹjá) — large pig
  • Spanish: hilóquero — large pig