bush pig

plural bush pigs · alternative bush-pig · alternative bushpig

1. An African pig of the genus Potamochoerus; Potamochoerus porcus or Potamochoerus larvatus.

   The commonest game animals are vervet and colobus monkey, baboon, common duiker, bush-pig and grysbok.

   1969, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, volume 63, page 19

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   There are two types of bohonda net hunts. One type is directed by a nkangohonda (bush pig charmer), a sorcerer-hunter who handles bush pigs as easily as if they were dogs, gathering herds of them about him and even holding them by their necks.

   2006, Armin Prinz, editor, Hunting Food and Drinking Wine: Proceedings of the conference in Poysdorf, 2003, page 208

   The bush pig (Potamochoerus porcus) is an African member of the pig family, Suidae, resembling a boar but with long body hair and tassels of hair on its ears.

   2011, Britannica Educational Publishing, Grazers, page 175

   Synonyms: boschvark

2. AustraliaA feral pig living in the bush.
3. AustraliaderogatoryslangA very ugly woman.

   Funny as that never really happens to me when I was drinking at a pub or a club and I see a bush pig no matter how drunk I am I still see a bush pig.

   2005 January 11, Dan, “Miss Summarnats”, in aus.cars (Usenet)

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   I find Clinton to be the greatest president because of all unintended humor he's supplied and for his parade of bush pigs like Lewinsky, Trip and Paula Jones.

   1999 August 31, Phillip Germond, “Looking for your FAQ sheet”, in alt.showbiz.gossip (Usenet)

   She's a shocker - tits and body aside, she looks like a bush pig, acts like a bush pig, speaks like a bush pig and thus *is* a bush pig. She'd win the ugliest girl football pull anyday.^([sic])

   2005 July 9, Sanctify, “The Christie comparison”, in alt.tv.big-brother.australia (Usenet)