Hog or HOG may refer to:

Animals

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 ...

** Sometimes referring to other animals in the family

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Hog (sheep), a yearling sheep, as yet unshorn

Other uses

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 **

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 ...

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 *

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 *

Hogging (sexual practice) Hogging or sweat hogging refers to the practice of groups of men who target overweight or obese women, typically for sexual encounters. Unlike fat fetishists, men who participate in hogging are not necessarily sexually attracted to obese women's ...

* Higher order grammar *

Histogram of oriented gradients The histogram of oriented gradients (HOG) is a feature descriptor used in computer vision and image processing for the purpose of object detection. The technique counts occurrences of gradient orientation in localized portions of an image. This m ...

, used in computer vision and image processing for the purpose of object detection *

House of Guitars House of Guitars, Inc. (shortened to the HOG) is a music and record store located in Irondequoit, New York. Billed as the "Largest Guitar Store in the World," it has a prodigious collection of new, used and vintage guitars, amplifiers and other mus ...

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 *

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 *

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 William "Bill" Hogarth Main is a cave diving pioneer who is best known as a developer in the 1980s, and the namesake of, the "Hogarthian gear configuration" that is a component of the " Doing It Right" (DIR) holistic approach to scuba diving ...

Heart of Georgia Railroad The Heart of Georgia Railroad is a shortline railroad created in 1999 to lease and operate of track owned by the Georgia Department of Transportation between Mahrt, Alabama and Vidalia, Georgia, in the United States. The railroad has since expan ...

, an American shortline railroad *

French branch of the Armenian Relief Committee The French branch of the Armenian Relief Committee (Armenian: ''Hay(astali) Oknoutian Gomidé'', HOG) was established in 1925 to foster closer ties between the Armenian diaspora in France and Soviet Armenia, while also providing support to Armen ...

, Armenian: ''Hay(astali) Oknoutian Gomidé'', HOG

Animals

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