Swine (disambiguation)
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Swine usually refers to a domestic pig
Swine may also refer to:
Domestic pig
The domestic pig is a domesticated animal that traces its ancestry to the wild boar, and is considered a subspecies of the wild boar or a distinct species in its own right. It is likely the wild boar was domesticated as early as 13,000 BC in the Tigris River basin...
Swine may also refer to:
Animal
- Domestic PigDomestic pigThe domestic pig is a domesticated animal that traces its ancestry to the wild boar, and is considered a subspecies of the wild boar or a distinct species in its own right. It is likely the wild boar was domesticated as early as 13,000 BC in the Tigris River basin...
s; known to experts as the species Sus domesticus or or the subspecies Sus scrofa domesticus- The wild boar, Sus Scrofa, the species from which domestic swine were domesticated
- Any species of the Genus Sus; see PigPigA pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates. Pigs include the domestic pig, its ancestor the wild boar, and several other wild relatives...
, including Sus Scrofa and other species native to southeast Asia and the Pascific- Any mammal of the subfamily SuinaeSuinaeSuinae is a subfamily of mammals that includes at least some of the living members of the family Suidae and their closest relatives—the domestic pig and related species, such as babirusas. Several extinct species within Suidae are classified in subfamilies other than Suinae...
, including Sus and closely related extinct genera- Any mammal ih the Family SuidaeSuidaeSuidae is the biological family to which pigs belong. In addition to numerous fossil species, up to sixteen extant species are currently recognized, classified into between four and eight genera...
, including the Suinae and other, mostly extinct subfamilies
- Any mammal ih the Family Suidae
- Any mammal of the subfamily Suinae
- Any species of the Genus Sus; see Pig
- The wild boar, Sus Scrofa, the species from which domestic swine were domesticated
Place name
- Swine, East Riding of YorkshireSwine, East Riding of YorkshireSwine is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north east of Hull city centre and south of Skirlaugh to the west of the A165 road....
, a village and civil parish - Swine railway stationSwine railway stationSwine railway station was a station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway, and served the village of Swine in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.It opened on 28 March 1864, and closed following the Beeching Report on 19 October 1964.-External links:*...
, on the Hull and Hornsea Railway - Swine, German name of the river ŚwinaSwinaThe Świna is a river in Poland flowing from the Oder Lagoon to the Baltic Sea, between the islands of Usedom and Wolin. It is a part of the Oder River estuary, and carries about 75% of that river's waterflow . It has a length of about 16 km...
flowing from the Oder Lagoon to the Baltic Sea
Other
- S.W.I.N.E.S.W.I.N.E.S.W.I.N.E. is a real-time tactics game designed by FishTank Studios. The player chooses to fight as either the brutal invading pigs or the pacifist rabbits, and plays a series of missions. There are many units, including mortar, artillery, and tank units...
, a real-time tactics game designed by FishTank Studio, a coastal tanker involved in World War II