suine

English

Noun

suine (countable and uncountable, plural suines)

1. (zoology) (strictly) An even-toed ungulate belonging to the taxonomic subfamily Suinae, which is comprised of modern pigs (genus Sus) and their close relatives, both living and extinct.
   • 1983, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, volume 7, page 574:

     Primitive suines appeared in the Eocene.

2. (zoology) (broadly) An even-toed ungulate belonging to the suborder Suina.
3. (rare, uncountable) A buttery substitute usually made of suet or lard.

Anagrams

• in use, insue

Italian

Adjective

suine

1. feminine plural of suino

Latin

Adjective

suīne

1. vocative masculine singular of suīnus