Hog or HOG may refer to:
Animals
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Pig
The pig (''Sus domesticus''), also called swine (: swine) or hog, is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is named the domestic pig when distinguishing it from other members of the genus '' Sus''. Some authorities cons ...
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Suidae
Suidae is a family (biology), family of Even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl mammals which are commonly called pigs, hogs, or swine. In addition to numerous fossil species, 18 Extant taxon, extant species are currently recognized (or 19 counting domes ...
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Warthog
''Phacochoerus'' is a genus in the family Suidae, commonly known as warthogs (pronounced ''wart-hog''). They are pigs who live in open and semi-open habitats, even in quite arid regions, in sub-Saharan Africa. The two species were formerly cons ...
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Red river hog
The red river hog (''Potamochoerus porcus'') or bushpig (a name also used for '' Potamochoerus larvatus'') is a wild member of the pig family living in Africa, with most of its distribution in the Guinean and Congolian forests. It is rarely s ...
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Giant forest hog
The giant forest hog (''Hylochoerus meinertzhageni''), the only member of its genus (''Hylochoerus''), is native to wooded habitats in Africa and is one of the largest wild members of the pig family, Suidae, along with a few subspecies of the wi ...
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Groundhog
The groundhog (''Marmota monax''), also known as the woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots.
A lowland creature of North America, it is found through much of the Easte ...
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Hedgehog
A hedgehog is a spiny mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae. There are 17 species of hedgehog in five genera found throughout parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and in New Zealand by introduction. The ...
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Hog (sheep), a yearling sheep, as yet unshorn
Other uses
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Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson, Inc. (H-D, or simply Harley) is an American motorcycle manufacturer headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded in 1903, it is one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression along with i ...
, a motorcycle manufacturer
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Harley Owners Group
The Harley Owners Group (HOG) is a sponsored community marketing club, operated by Harley-Davidson for enthusiasts of that brand's motorcycles. The HOG is "the grandaddy of all community-building efforts," serving to promote not just a consume ...
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The Hogs (American football)
Highlighted names denote members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The Hogs were a nickname given to the offensive line of the Washington Commanders, Washington Redskins (now known as the Washington Commanders) of the National Football Leag ...
, a prior nickname for the offensive line of the Washington Redskins
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Hogging and sagging
In solid mechanics, structural engineering, and shipbuilding, hogging and sagging describe the shape that a beam or similar long object will deform into when loading is applied. ''Hogging'' describes a beam that curves upwards in the middle, and ...
, a nautical term
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Hogging (sexual practice)
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Higher order grammar
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Histogram of oriented gradients, used in computer vision and image processing for the purpose of object detection
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House of Guitars
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Arkansas Razorbacks
The Arkansas Razorbacks, also known as the Hogs, are the College athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletics teams representing the University of Arkansas, located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Fayetteville. The University of Arkans ...
, the sports teams of the University of Arkansas
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Frank País Airport
Frank País Airport () is an airport serving Holguín, a city in the Cuban province of Holguín. It bears the name of Cuban revolutionary Frank País. The airport was built in 1962 initially only for military purposes before civilian air operat ...
, IATA symbol HOG
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Hidden object game
A hidden object game, also called hidden picture or hidden object puzzle adventure (HOPA), is a subgenre of puzzle video game, puzzle video games in which the player must find items from a list that are hidden within a scene. Hidden object games a ...
, a genre of casual puzzle games
* Hogarthian or Hog, a scuba diving gear configuration pioneered by
William Hogarth Main
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Heart of Georgia Railroad, an American shortline railroad
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French branch of the Armenian Relief Committee, Armenian: ''Hay(astali) Oknoutian Gomidé'', HOG
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Sandhog, the slang term given to urban miners, construction workers who work underground
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Server hog {{citations needed, date=November 2013
Server (or resource) hogging is where a user, program or system places excessive load on a server. "Hogging" aims to significantly degrade performance experienced for clients so that the server & resources its ...
, places excessive load on a server such that the server performance as experienced by other clients is degraded
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Swine (disambiguation)
Swine most commonly refers to the domestic pig.
Swine may also refer to:
Animal
*Domestic pigs; known to experts as the species ''Sus domesticus'' or the subspecies ''Sus scrofa domesticus''
**The wild boar, ''Sus scrofa'', the species from which ...
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Water hog, a machine that removes water from sports grounds
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Pig (disambiguation)
A pig is a mammal of the genus ''Sus''.
Pig, PIG, Pigs or PIGS may also refer to:
Animals
* Wild boar (wild pig or Eurasian wild boar), ''Sus scrofa'', the species from which the domestic pig was bred
* ''Sus'', a genus within the pig family, i ...
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Boar (disambiguation)
Boar may refer to:
Animals
*Wild boar
*Boar, adult male bear
*Boar, adult male domestic pig
*Boar, adult male of several other species; see List of animal names
*Iron Age pig, a pseudo-primitive breed of boar
*Razorback, hybrid boar in North Amer ...
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