Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A porpoise.
- noun The capibara (which see, with cut).
- noun A fish, the gourami.
Etymologies
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Examples
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But Harry protested that the splash was much too loud to have been caused by any water-pig and waded into the stream to investigate.
Loaded Dice Swain, James 2004
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But Harry protested that the splash was much too loud to have been caused by any water-pig and waded into the stream to investigate.
Under the Andes Rex Stout 1930
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But Harry protested that the splash was much too loud to have been caused by any water-pig and waded into the stream to investigate.
Under the Andes 1914
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But Harry protested that the splash was much too loud to have been caused by any water-pig and waded into the stream to investigate.
Under the Andes 1914
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There was a little excitement among the men as the boat was rowed close in under the trees, and there, half in the water, lay one of the curious animals known as a water-pig, or carpincho.
Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco George Manville Fenn 1870
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