1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Suina

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SUINA, a group of non-ruminating artiodactyle ungulate mammals typihed by the swine (Suidae), but also including the hippopotamus (Hippopotamidae), and certain extinct forms. (See Artiodactyla; Hippopotamus; Peccary; Swine.)