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Webster 1913 Edition


Wart hog

Wart′ hogˊ

.
(Zool.)
Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus
Phacochœrus
. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (
Phacochœrus Aethiopicus
) is the best known. Called also
vlacke vark
. The second species (
Phacochœrus Aeliani
) is native of the coasts of the Red Sea.