sus scrofa

Questions about sus scrofa

What does sus scrofa mean?

sus scrofa means "Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sus scrofa?

Close synonyms include wild boar, boar, hog, pig, grunter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sus scrofa a common word?

sus scrofa is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.