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razorback
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Word definitions for razorback in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of pig with a sharp ridge-like back, 1849, from razor (n.) + back (n.). Especially of feral hogs in the U.S. South. Also used of narrow ridges of land.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context US southeastern US informal English) A thin feral pig.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Razorback is a Filipino hard rock band formed in 1990. Originally known for being regulars at the now-defunct Kalye, a club in Makati , the band has performed at full-scale concerts and opened for Silverchair , Rage Against the Machine and Metallica .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States [syn: razorback hog , razorbacked hog ] any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rorqual \Ror"qual\, n. [Norw. rorqualus a whale with folds.] (Zo["o]l.) A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale ( Physalus antiquorum , or Bal[ae]noptera physalus ). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called ...
Usage examples of razorback.
Man stood in the dark along with the canvasmen and razorbacks, and the performers who had concluded their acts.
This section of Otaria was thick with both venom hunters and constrictors-from the small but lethal jade adder to the medium-sized razorback rattler to the enormous rock python that could swallow a man whole.
Arnstein knew, but lean bristly vicious things like piney-wood razorbacks, three-quarters wild.
When Buffy first arrived, and had been assigned to be lab partners with Blayne (his previous lab partner had transferred out the week after school began), the hero of the varsity football Razorbacks tried to make time with her.
That's the tail of Daniel Webster, the finest derned razorback boar which ever trod the Humbolts!
In the village of Razorback a cat gave birth to a two-headed kitten, but since Greebo, by dint of considerable effort, was every male ancestor for the last thirty generations this probably wasn't all that portentous.
The hogs was brought in every night cause of the panthers, which was very common on the rivers, and he fed 'em garden trash and table slops and such so they wouldn't get no fishy taste from feeding on crabs and orsters at low tide like them old razorbacks of Richard Hamilton.
Well, the Boss Hostler sent Ansel to the Boss Porter, who sent him to the loading runs, where one of the razorbacks sent him off to the property man.
Monk appeared on deck an instant later with the squealing, kicking armful of razorback hog that was Habeas Corpus.
For the second time in my life, I was seeing a razorback hog, that ferocious feral pig that grows to a huge size.
Sometimes we'd get us a bear, and otherwise we'd live on razorback hog meat or venison.
Discovering a still-intact and unpillaged pen of domesticated razorbacks, Ahlitah quickly and effortlessly supplied a feast not only for himself but for his companions.