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warthog
noun
wart·hog
ˈwȯrt-ˌhȯg 
-ˌhäg
: a wild African hog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) that has large protruding tusks and in the male two pairs of rough warty excrescences on the face and that is sometimes placed in two separate species (P. aethiopicus and P. africanus)
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Using a variety of materials—including wood, bronze, animal bones and the ivory tusk of an African warthog—the team created replicas of the Hohle Fels baton and tried their hand at using them for rope-making.
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Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
The team-building trip included a safari, where the group saw a lion take down a warthog.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2023
With astonishing speed, the pack scarfs it down, while warthogs, vultures, and jackals wait in the periphery for the scraps.
—Scott Bay, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2023
This was true for 95 percent of the animal species observed, including giraffes, leopards, hyenas, zebras, kudu, warthogs, impalas and rhinos.
—Daniel Lingenhöhl, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2023
But Parker, unlike Thurber, was open to the world’s entire menagerie, worms to warthogs.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023
Most frequently depicted were tracks of giraffes, guineafowl, rhinos, ostriches, warthogs and four kinds of antelope.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
Those who watched the dancing warthog gave a little more to charity and were more likely to give the whole amount, though the results are less conclusive because of a small sample size.
—Thalia Beaty, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2023
Even the warthogs in Botswana are incredibly charming.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2022
Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
The team-building trip included a safari, where the group saw a lion take down a warthog.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2023
With astonishing speed, the pack scarfs it down, while warthogs, vultures, and jackals wait in the periphery for the scraps.
—Scott Bay, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2023
This was true for 95 percent of the animal species observed, including giraffes, leopards, hyenas, zebras, kudu, warthogs, impalas and rhinos.
—Daniel Lingenhöhl, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2023
But Parker, unlike Thurber, was open to the world’s entire menagerie, worms to warthogs.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023
Most frequently depicted were tracks of giraffes, guineafowl, rhinos, ostriches, warthogs and four kinds of antelope.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
Those who watched the dancing warthog gave a little more to charity and were more likely to give the whole amount, though the results are less conclusive because of a small sample size.
—Thalia Beaty, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2023
Even the warthogs in Botswana are incredibly charming.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2022
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warthog
noun
wart·hog
ˈwȯ(ə)rt-ˌhȯg
-ˌhäg
: a wild African hog with large tusks and in the male two pairs of rough warty growths on the face
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