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]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suilline

suicides by cop
suicidical
suiciding
suicidism
suicidological
suicidologist
suicidologists
suicidology
suicism
suid
suidian
suidians
suids
suillage
suillages
suilline (current term)
suine
suing
suingly
suings
suint
suints
suit
suit and tie
suit costs
suit of armor
suit of armour
suit of clothes
suit up
suitabilities

Literary usage of Suilline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

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), ». 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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