Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A feral hog (Sus scrofa) of the southern United States, having a narrow body with a ridged back.
- noun A sharp ridged hill.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rorqual, finfish, or finner-whale, of the family Balænopteridæ.
- noun A hog whose back has somewhat the form of a sharp ridge.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The rorqual.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US A term used in the southeastern US for a thin
feral pig . The term is borderline slang but is used as the nickname for the University of Arkansas athletic teams.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States
- noun any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
- adjective having a sharp narrow back
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Examples
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The scrub and "razorback" hogs are very unprofitable, and require an undue amount of food to produce a pound of gain.
Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Frank Lincoln Stevens 1902
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"razorback" was regaling two of the workmen with words of experience if not wisdom.
David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story George S. Harney
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"Teeny" and "Tiny" are the names of a two-headed razorback musk turtle from California that's about the size of a nickel.
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There are plenty of razorback hogs, Armadillos and skunks.
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Instead of owning dogs, some people have crazy pets - like ostriches, razorback boars, and as we see here, Rusty the Rhino.
Archive 2009-02-01 Toby O'B 2009
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Bill has already disgraced this nation and now he is showing how forciful he can be engaging in the politics of personal destruction while squealing like a razorback over the 'boys ganging up on Hillary'
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Clyburn May Drop Neutral Stance To Punish Clintons 2009
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Bill has already disgraced this nation and now he is showing how forciful he can be engaging in the politics of personal destruction while squealing like a razorback over the 'boys ganging up on Hillary'
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Threatened fish include humpback chub Gila cypha (E) and razorback sucker Xyrauchen texanus (E).
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These include the bonytail chub, humpback chub, Sonora chub, Chihuahua chub, beautiful shiner, Pecos bluntnose shiner, razorback sucker, Colorado squawfish, Pyramid Lake cui-ui and Lahontan cutthroat trout.
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Thanks for your wishes for the race - I wore a razorback top not PVC, becuase while I don't sweat, I do need to keep cool so lots of venting is important.
Wheelchair Girl goes kink & kinky: naughty schoolgirl & PVC (Devotees ahoy!) Elizabeth McClung 2008
MaryW commented on the word razorback
Mark Essig, Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig (New York: Basic Books, 2015), ch. 11.May 9, 2016