n.
Pronunciation: ' wo ̇ rt- ˌ ho ̇ g, - ˌ häg
Function: noun
Date: 1840
: a wild African hog ( Phacochoerus aethiopicus ) that has large protruding tusks and in the male two pairs of rough warty excrescences on the face and that is sometimes placed in two separate species ( P. aethiopicus and P. africanus )
warthog