Suid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Suid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any of the family Suidae: a pig or a taxonomically related animal.
Meaning
(zoology) Any of the family Suidae: a pig or a taxonomically related animal.
More Meanings
- Of or relating to the family Suidae of pigs and related creatures.
Example Sentences
Owing to the kindness of Mr. M. A. Hinton, I have been able to examine at leisure the large collection of recent Suid skulls in the British Museum.
Table 18.1 shows the results obtained by the Haemagglutination-Inhibition Test on ten suid feeds with the anti-warthog system and the converse anti-bushpig system.
In a study by Harris and Cerling (2002), isotopic analysis of the enamel of extant and Neogene suids shows that major components of C₄ vegetation (i.e., warm-growing season grasses) were present in extinct suid species from the Turkana Basin deposits of northern Kenya as early as about 7Ma.
Word Forms
- suids
Synonyms for suid
Depending on context, synonyms include suidian.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include suiform, suine, ursid, caviid, sciurid, babirusa.
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