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• Hog Deer — Taxobox name = Hog Deer status = EN status system = iucn3.1 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Cervidae subfamilia = Cervinae genus = Axis species = A. porcinus binomial = Axis …   Wikipedia

• hog — noun 1》 a pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter. 2》 informal a greedy person. 3》 informal a large motorcycle. 4》 (also hogg) dialect a young sheep before the first shearing. verb (hogs, hogging, hogged) 1》 informal take or hoard… …   English new terms dictionary

• 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 Island, Maine — (Muscongus Bay] Currently the site of the Hog Island Audubon Camp operated by Maine Audubon, this Hog Island is located in Bremen, Maine at the end of Keene Neck. It has an agricultural history like most, if not all, other Hog Islands. In the… …   Wikipedia

• hog´gish|ness — hog|gish «HOG ihsh, HG », adjective. 1. like a hog; greedy; very selfish. SYNONYM(S): piggish, swinish. 2. dirty; filthy. SYNONYM(S): piggish, swinish. –hog´gish|ly, adverb. – …   Useful english dictionary

• hog´gish|ly — hog|gish «HOG ihsh, HG », adjective. 1. like a hog; greedy; very selfish. SYNONYM(S): piggish, swinish. 2. dirty; filthy. SYNONYM(S): piggish, swinish. –hog´gish|ly, adverb. – …   Useful english dictionary

• hog|gish — «HOG ihsh, HG », adjective. 1. like a hog; greedy; very selfish. SYNONYM(S): piggish, swinish. 2. dirty; filthy. SYNONYM(S): piggish, swinish. –hog´gish|ly, adverb. – …   Useful english dictionary

• Hog — Hog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hogged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hogging}.] 1. To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. Smart. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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-nosed — «HOG NOHZD, HG », adjective. having a snout like that of a hog …   Useful english dictionary