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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Either of two wild African hogs (Phacochoerus africanus or P. aethiopicus), having two pairs of curved tusks and wartlike growths on the face.

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  • noun A species of wild pig native to Africa.
  • noun A nickname for the A-10 Thunderbolt II air support warplane

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  • noun African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks

Etymologies

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wart + hog

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Examples

  • Lots of African antelope, some north American things, but the warthog was my personal favorite.

    Fake Heads 2007

  • And then at the end of the video when they show a game of king of the hill where a warthog is the hill, I know that is a mode I will have to play.

    GayGamer.net 2010

  • And then at the end of the video when they show a game of king of the hill where a warthog is the hill, I know that is a mode I will have to play.

    GayGamer.net 2010

  • The warthog is a little animal with strange facial features.

    The Standard | Headlines 2009

  • When my son was little I used to call chicken with toothpicks in it "warthog" so he would eat … and he would.

    Reuters: Top News 2010

  • We simply follow the pulling of the rope, and it takes us to a kudu, giraffe, eland, warthog, or gemsbok.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • "The hypothesis is that if there is a good supply of low-value natural prey, such as warthog or duikers, the big cats aren't really interested in livestock," says Alan Hoffberg, 71, a Longwood, Fla., resident and Biosphere's U.S. spokesperson.

    Saving the World—One Vacation at a Time Anne Tergesen 2011

  • The son blows the horn, pounds his fake fur-covered chest, then the shaggy tribe squats in a circle, rips the warthog wide open with their hands and teeth, and begins to gorge.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • But after the lava scene, a scruffy dark-haired caveman appears, wrestling with a warthog.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • Does this warthog actually have the cajones to dare speak for God???

    Think Progress » Limbaugh: Volcanic eruption in Iceland is God’s reaction to health care’s passage. 2010

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