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Meaning of "piglike" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PIGLIKE

ˈpɪɡˌlaɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIGLIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Piglike is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PIGLIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of piglike in the English dictionary

The definition of piglike in the dictionary is like or reminiscent of a pig.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PIGLIKE

childlike · doglike · froglike · fuguelike · haglike · hoglike · homelike · human-like · jiglike · ladylike · leglike · lifelike · lookalike · peglike · ruglike · snaglike · sunlike · taglike · twiglike · wiglike

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIGLIKE

piggishly · piggishness · Piggott · piggy · piggy bank · piggy in the middle · piggyback · pight · pightle · piglet · pigling · pigman · pigmeat · pigmen · pigment · pigmental · pigmentary · pigmentation · pigmented · pigmies

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIGLIKE

alike · baglike · dislike · fanglike · feel like · godlike · gonglike · kinglike · like · like-for-like · ringlike · songlike · springlike · stringlike · the like · there´s nothing like · unkinglike · unlike · wandlike · winglike

Synonyms and antonyms of piglike in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «piglike» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PIGLIKE

Find out the translation of piglike to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of piglike from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «piglike» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

象猪眼睛
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

piglike
570 millions of speakers
en

English

piglike
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

piglike
380 millions of speakers
ar

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piglike
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

piglike
278 millions of speakers
pt

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piglike
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

piglike
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

piglike
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Piglike
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

piglike
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

piglike
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

piglike
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Piglike
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

piglike
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

piglike
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

डुक्कर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

domuz gibi
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

piglike
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

piglike
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

piglike
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

piglike
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

piglike
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

piglike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

piglike
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

piglike
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of piglike

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIGLIKE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about piglike

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIGLIKE»

Discover the use of piglike in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to piglike and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs: Evolution, Extinction, and the ...
There were no true pigs (family Suidae) in the New World until the Spaniards brought them in the sixteenth century, but the New World does have an ecological equivalent: the piglike creatures known as peccaries or javelinas ( family ...
Donald R. Prothero, 2013
2
The Nature of Paleolithic Art
The small S-shaped horns on the head of one of these piglike Paleolithic art studies have been plagued by a number of misidentifications that have affected the ideas behind the art. For example. Breuil drew two of the bison in the "herd" at  ...
R. Dale Guthrie, 2005
3
New York Magazine
"I. broke. out. in. a. cold. sweat. I. saw. his. piglike. eyes. in. the. rear-. view. mirror, . studying. me. Would. he. remember? Would. he. know?" AMERICANA SERVICE . . IT'S LIKE EATING YOUR WAY BACK INTO. and began preparing for the ...
4
Catherine, Called Birdy
Catherine, a spirited and inquisitive young woman of good family, narrates in diary form the story of her fourteenth year--the year 1290. A Newbery Honor Book.
Karen Cushman, 2012
5
Choctaw Tales
Anyway, when he almost got to the house, and, you know, he heard a pig, coming down the road, parallel road or whatever, making all kind of piglike sounds and all that. “Hey, the sound's getting louder and louder. Let's see where the pig ...
Tom Mould, 2004
6
The Mammals of Texas: Revised Edition
The peccaries have a piglike body form, but the legs are long and slim and the hooves are small. They inhabit grasslands, desert scrub communities, and arid woodlands. These are highly social and territorial animals. They are omnivorous but ...
David J. Schmidly, 2004
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Ancient Life of the Great Lakes Basin: Precambrian to ...
Tayassuidae (peccaries) Piglike mammals appeared in the early Oligocene epoch of the Tertiary about 35 million years ago. Two families of piglike mammals are living today; the true pigs of the Old World, from which the domestic pig is ...
J. Alan Holman, 1995
8
An Anatomy of Chinese: Rhythm, Metaphor, Politics
In the professional literature, “Sam” in such a sentence is sometimes called the “ defined concept” and piglike behavior the “defining concept”; alternatively, “Sam” is sometimes called a “topic” and piglike behavior a “vehicle.” The topic is ...
Perry Link, 2013
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Kaufman Field Guide to Mammals of North America
PECCARY AND PIG track about 12/a" long COLLARED PECCARY Pecari tajacu Widespread in the American tropics, this piglike creature extends north into our southwestern states, where it is commonly known as "javelina" (pronounced ...
Nora Bowers, Rick Bowers, Kenn Kaufman, 2007
10
HERmione
George being funny is piglike. His eyes are too small in his face. His teeth are beautiful but when he is being funny he unnerves one. George back of George, George seen through a screen door, George gauzed over by lizard-film over wide  ...
Hilda Doolittle, 1981

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIGLIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term piglike is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Endless Fall of Suge Knight
... as Diddy, sporting a ballet tutu, and a piglike Notorious B.I.G. look on. Gangbangers roamed the halls, sometimes walking pit bulls on chains. «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
2
OPS connects special education students with work-based learning …
He'd wind past the coati from Central America, the smelly, piglike peccaries, and his personal favorite, the turkey vulture that Zachery swore ... «Omaha World-Herald, Jul 15»
3
A Zoo With a View Toward Conservation
Two western lowland gorilla babies were born at the Knoxville Zoo in June. Around the same time, a rare snake and an equally rare piglike little ... «Memphis Daily News, Jul 15»
4
'We will fight to the end'
The parable tells the story of how the tapir, a piglike mammal, used his brute strength to bury the tortoise in mud. But the tortoise escaped, then ... «Al Jazeera America, May 15»
5
Police officer from Guelph prepares for 4500-kilometre ride of his life
He's also read up on the grizzly bears, which cover 75 per cent of the course and the javelinas, a wild piglike animal, in the southern end. «Guelph Mercury, May 15»
6
'Hermit of the Jungle' Guards a Brazilian Ghost City Rich in History
He hunts some game for his own consumption like paca, a tasty piglike rodent. He tends a small vegetable garden. Advertisement. Continue ... «New York Times, May 15»
7
Hassidic Jews' 'ritual Talmudic dance' in Jordanian airport stirs …
... wrote that: “He who was sitting in the airport and saw the dance and wasn't provoked is a pig and more piglike then the Jews themselves.” ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Mar 15»
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Nimble Pig Performs in Seattle Dog Show
The smart, 6-month-old pig -- all 45 pounds of her -- has even learned some very un-piglike physical motions, such as sitting down, and she ... «Discovery News, Mar 15»
9
White Trash Gothic
The freak show include a poor white female preacher with an upturned, piglike nose named Bessie, who prostitutes herself before marrying a ... «The Smart Set, Feb 15»
10
Rainforest frogs flourish with artificial homes
Rain-filled puddles left by peccaries — hairy, piglike mammals that trample and roll on the forest floor — are ideal. The frogs that Ringler's team ... «Science News, Feb 15»
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