† Indian hogn.
Obsolete.
Any of several piglike animals; esp. (a) a peccary (genus Tayassu); (b) the babirusa, Babyrousa babyrussa.
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babirusa1673
Indian hog1754
hog deer1798
stag-hog1827
pig deer1869
1644 W. Castell Short Discov. Coasts & Continent Amer. 43 It [sc. Tobago] is constantly reported by the Dutch..as having good store of Indian Hogs and Armadillos, both of which afford good food.
1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 237/1 Babyrossa, in zoology, the porcus indicus, or indian hog.
1837 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 7 321 Information was brought that a herd of Kairounies, the large peccary or Indian hog (Sus cystiferous major), was feeding at a short distance from the river.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. 67 Bezoars. A. Stony (intestinal concretions) of the monkey, wild boar.., Indian hog, ox, [etc.]. [Note] Pig stone, lapis porcinus.
1879 J. M. Ross Globe Encycl. VI. 159 The Sus scrofa or wild boar, the Sus indicus or Indian hog, and the Sus babirusa or Babyroussa hog, the Peccaries, and Wart hogs are the best known genus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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