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Definition of Suilline
1. a. Of or pertaining to a hog or the Hog family (Suidæ).
Definition of Suilline
1. Adjective. (zoology) Of or relating to a pig or the pig family (Suidae). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Suilline
1. of pigs [adj]
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Literary usage of Suilline
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1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1887)
"Navicular and cuboid bones distinct. The details of the structure express various
affinities. The axis is intermediate between that of the suilline and ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"... swine : as, a suilline artiodactyl. II. w. A swine. Suine (su'in), ยป.
A preparation from beef-suet and lard; ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"The teeth resemble those of suilline Ungulates, but I have never had sufficient
evidence to permit its reference to that group. ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1878)
"These remains are clearly suilline in character, and belong to the genus ...
The narrow path of the persistent suilline type, ..."
5. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1872)
"This is an extinct genus of suilline animals, originally characterized by remains
discovered in the miocene tertiary deposits of France, and was first ..."
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