wild boar

a wild Old World swine, Sus scrofa, from which most of the domestic hogs are believed to be derived.

Origin of wild boar

First recorded in 1475–85

Half of them wore large nose-rings of tortoise shell and of wild-boar tusks.

Through the South Seas with Jack London |Martin Johnson
And then you have yourself saved him from the tusks of the wild-boar—a death worthy of a swine-eater!

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 331, May, 1843 |Various
She knew that Friedrich Wilhelm's visit would terminate on the morning following the wild-boar sticking in the Kernen forest.

A German Pompadour |Marie Hay
I was told that twenty years ago there were no wild-boar in these forests, while now there are hundreds.

Round About the Carpathians |Andrew F. Crosse

It is seldom that wild-boar are held-up by the dogs during a beat—the old tuskers never.

Unexplored Spain |Abel Chapman

wild boar

a wild pig, Sus scrofa, of parts of Europe and central Asia, having a pale grey to black coat, thin legs, a narrow body, and prominent tusks