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 Definitions of porcine  [ˈpɔr saɪn, -sɪn]  

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Definition of 'porcine' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) porcine
of or pertaining to swine.

2.  porcine
resembling swine; hoggish; piggish.

Etymology:  (1650–60; < L porcīnus; see pork , -ine1)

Definition of 'porcine' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) porcine
relating to or suggesting swine
"comparison between human and porcine pleasures"

2. (adj) gross, porcine
repellently fat
"a bald porcine old man"

3. (adj) hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish
resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
"piggish table manners"; "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"; "swinish slavering over food"


Definition of 'porcine' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) porcine
of or pertaining to swine; characteristic of the hog



'porcine' - Nearby Entries  

porc  porcellionidae  porch  porcine  porcupine ball  porcupine fish  porcupinefish  



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