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  • adjective having the approximate size of a pig

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Examples

  • Ten months after introduction of the capivari—named after the capybara, a pig-sized rodent common in a local river—the currency is lifting fortunes of local retailers and gnawing holes in the pockets of consumers.

    In Pockets of Booming Brazil, a Mint Idea Gains Currency Paulo Prada 2011

  • Marcio Kleber Capivari bills are emblazoned with the face of a pig-sized rodent, the capybara, common in a local river.

    Cash, Credit, or Capivaris? 2011

  • After a quick glance at the two pig-sized black clouds that trailed behind the sorcerer, he rose from behind his scrolls and papers.

    Into the Thinking Kingdoms Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1999

  • After a quick glance at the two pig-sized black clouds that trailed behind the sorcerer, he rose from behind his scrolls and papers.

    Into the Thinking Kingdoms Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1999

  • She just smiled, then grabbed the pair of tongs and set two more steaming, guinea pig-sized goŽibki onto my already loaded plate.

    Hoopi Shoopi Donna Suzanne Strempek Shea 1996

  • She just smiled, then grabbed the pair of tongs and set two more steaming, guinea pig-sized goŽibki onto my already loaded plate.

    Hoopi Shoopi Donna Suzanne Strempek Shea 1996

  • She just smiled, then grabbed the pair of tongs and set two more steaming, guinea pig-sized goŽibki onto my already loaded plate.

    Hoopi Shoopi Donna Suzanne Strempek Shea 1996

  • We get to see Knut grow from a guinea pig-sized cub in an incubator, who quickly bonds to Dörflein, to a full-sized adolescent living in his own enclosure at the zoo.

    Home Theater Forum Sumnernor 2010

  • I want to cross breed pigs and elephants not to have elephant-sized pigs to solve word hunger but to have pig-sized elephants to sell as pets.

    Funny Emails Pradeep 2010

  • I want to cross breed pigs and elephants not to have elephant-sized pigs to solve word hunger but to have pig-sized elephants to sell as pets.

    Funny Emails Pradeep 2010

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