genus sus

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Suidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal genus,
definition	:	a genus of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	grunter, hog, pig, squealer, sus scrofa,
definition	:	domestic swine (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	piggy, piglet, shoat, shote,
definition	:	a young pig (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	boar, sus scrofa, wild boar,
definition	:	Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family suidae, suidae,
definition	:	pigs; hogs; boars (noun.animal)