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• hog|back — «HOG BAK, HG », noun. 1. Geology. a low, sharp ridge with steep sides, often caused by an outcrop of a resistant stratum. 2. an arching back like that of a hog …   Useful english dictionary

• hog's-back — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : hogback * * * hogˈback or hog sˈ back noun A hill ridge, an ancient monument, or other object, shaped like a hog s back, ie curving down towards the ends • • • Main Entry: ↑hog …   Useful english dictionary

• Hog-nosed skunk — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• Back-striped weasel — An 19th century representation of Mustela strigidorsa Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Hog Island (Tomales Bay) — Hog Island is an island roughly convert|2|acre|ha|1|abbr=on in size located approximately convert|5|mi|km|0|abbr=on south of the entrance to Tomales Bay in the West Marin area of Marin County, California.While waters to its west are deep enough… …   Wikipedia

• hog — [hôg, häg] n. pl. hogs or, for 1 & 2, hog [ME < OE hogg < ? or akin to ON höggva, to cut (akin to OE heawan, HEW), in basic sense “castrated”] 1. any swine, esp. a domesticated adult (Sus scrofa) ready for market, or, in England, a… …   English World dictionary

• Hog's-back — n. (Geol.) A hogback. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hog Island (New York) — Hog Island was a set of two islands off Long Island, New York, one shown on the map is the present day Barnum Island, part of Island Park, New York. The other reportedly existed to the south of Long Beach and Rockaway Beach.Hog Island was a pig… …   Wikipedia

• Hog — Hog, v. i. (Naut.) To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog s back; said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hog's Back — The Hog s Back is the name given to that part of the North Downs in Surrey, England between Farnham, Surrey in the west and Guildford in the east. NameCompared with the main part of the Downs to the east of it, it is a narrow elongated ridge,… …   Wikipedia