SUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sus mean? 

• SUS (noun)
  The noun SUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Suidae

  Familiarity information: SUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Suidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sus; Sus

Hypernyms ("Sus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Sus"):

grunter; hog; pig; squealer; Sus scrofa (domestic swine)

piggy; piglet; shoat; shote (a young pig)

boar; Sus scrofa; wild boar (Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States)

Holonyms ("Sus" is a member of...):

family Suidae; Suidae (pigs; hogs; boars)

 Context examples 

The domestic pig Sus scrofa domestica.

(Pig, NCI Thesaurus)