truffle hog

English

Etymology

truffle +‎ hog from being swine used to hunt for buried truffles

Noun

truffle hog (plural truffle hogs)

A domestic pig used for extraction of truffles.

Synonyms

truffle pig

Translations

pig used for finding truffles

Chinese:
Mandarin: 松露豬 (zh), 松露猪 (zh) (sōnglù zhū)
Finnish: tryffelisika

German: Trüffelschwein (de) n
Japanese: トリュフ豚 (toryufu-buta)
Swedish: tryffelgris c, tryffelsvin n

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