Suilline

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any artiodactyl of the suborder Suina of pigs, peccaries, and hippopotami.

    "The temporal fossa has a capacity in its proportions and form more resembling that of carnivores than that of the ordinary suillines."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the suborder Suina of (especially) pigs, peccaries, and hippopotami.

Example

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"The temporal fossa has a capacity in its proportions and form more resembling that of carnivores than that of the ordinary suillines."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin suīllīnus.

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