Sus

See also: sus, SUS, suš, sús, süs, šus, -sus, sus-, sus', Sus., šūs, and Suś

Translingual

a wild boar, Sus scrofa

Etymology

Latin sus (“hog”).

Proper noun

Sus m f

A taxonomic genus within the family Suidae – pigs.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order; Suidae - family; Suinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Sus scrofa (wild boar) - type species; Sus domesticus (syn. of Sus scrofa domestica, domestic pig)

References

Sus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Sus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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