warthog

warthog

English

Etymology

wart +‎ hog

A soiled warthog relaxing during a hot day at San Diego Zoo, California, USA

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːtˌhɒɡ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹtˌhɔɡ/, /-hɑɡ/

Noun

warthog (plural warthogs)

1. (zoology) A wild pig of the genus Phacochoerus, native to Africa.
2. (military) A nickname for the A-10 Thunderbolt II air support warplane

Hyponyms

• (wild pig): Phacochoerus aethiopicus, Phacochoerus africanus

Derived terms

• Cape warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus)
• common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
• desert warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus)
• Somali warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus delamerei)

Translations

a species of wild pig

Afar: ceraytu Afrikaans: vlakvark Arabic: خَنْزِير بَرِّيّ‎ m (ḵanzīr barriyy) Basque: fakokero Belarusian: барада́вачнік m (baradávačnik) Bulgarian: брадавично прасе n (bradavično prase) Catalan: facoquer m Chinese: Mandarin: 疣豬／疣猪 (zh) (yóuzhū) Czech: prase bradavičnaté (cs) n Danish: vortesvinet n Dutch: knobbelzwijn (nl) n, wrattenzwijn (nl) n Esperanto: verukapro, fakoĉero Estonian: tüügassiga Finnish: pahkasika (fi) French: phacochère (fr) m German: Warzenschwein (de) n Greek: φακόχοιρος m (fakóchoiros) Hausa: gadu Hebrew: חזיר יבלות‎ Hungarian: varacskosdisznó (hu) Icelandic: vörtusvín n Ido: fakochero (io) Italian: facocero (it) m Japanese: 疣猪 (ja) (いぼいのしし, iboinoshishi), イボイノシシ (ja) (iboinoshishi) Kikuyu: ngĩrĩ class 9/10 Korean: 혹멧돼지 (hongmetdwaeji) Malay: babi hutan (ms) Polish: guziec (pl) m, fakoszer (pl) m Portuguese: facochero m, javali-africano m, facoquero m Romanian: porc alergător m, porc cu negi m, facocer m Russian: борода́вочник (ru) m (borodávočnik) Spanish: facóquero m Swahili: ngiri (sw) Swedish: vårtsvin (sv) Ukrainian: борода́вочник m (borodávočnyk) Vietnamese: lợn bướu Wolof: mbaam-àll mi (wo)

References

• warthog on Wikipedia.Wikipedia