por·cine (pôrsn)
adj.
Of or resembling swine or a pig: "a bald porcine old man" (Vladimir Nabokov).
[Middle English, from Old French porcin, from Latin porcnus, from porcus, pig; see porko- in Indo-European roots.]
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Sister Jen prefers a bovine meal to a porcine one.
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