sow

Japanese: sow
sow

…A domesticated animal of the genus Sus in the family Suidae (Suidae) of the order Artiodactyla. In English, the term swine is used collectively, and the term sow is used for female pigs. The ancestor of the wild boar was the wild boar, and after agriculture began in the Neolithic period, the wild boars of each region were domesticated in China, India, Western Asia, and Central Europe.

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Japanese:

…偶蹄目イノシシ科イノシシ属の肉用家畜。英語では,とくに集合的に用いるときはswine,雌ブタに対してはsowという表現もある。祖先種はイノシシで,新石器時代に農耕が始まってから,中国,インド,西アジア,中部ヨーロッパで,それぞれその土地のイノシシを馴化(じゆんか)して家畜となったものである。…

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