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grice
Grice (noun) means a pig, especially a young one, or its meat; the word can also mean an extinct breed of pig once kept in northern Britain.
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A pig, especially a young one, or its meat; the word can also mean an extinct breed of pig once kept in northern Britain.
"A model of the grice - which was the size of a large dog and had tusks - has been created after work by researchers and a taxidermist."
— , Extinct island pig spotted again (2006)
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Etymology
Descended from Middle English gris, which came from Old Norse gríss ("male pig; pigling"). Compare Old Dutch gristo, gristio ("boar, wild boar").
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"grice" (noun) means a pig, especially a young one, or its meat; the word can also mean an extinct breed of pig once kept in northern Britain.
