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The sow was ready to give birth, but this boded ill for the Isle of Britain, according to prophecy, so she was chased until she plunged into the sea at Penrhyn Awstin in Cornwall. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The sow eventually re-emerges on land at Aber Tarogi in Gwent Is-coed (a subdivision of Gwent ).
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. [1]
The pig (Sus domesticus), also called swine (pl.: 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. It is considered a subspecies of Sus scrofa (the wild boar or Eurasian boar) by some authorities, but as a distinct species by others.
sow (verb) / s oʊ / – to plant seed; sow (noun) / s aʊ / – female pig. where the words are heteronyms, spelt identically but pronounced differently. Here confusion is not possible in spoken language but could occur in written language. bear (verb) – to support or carry; bear (noun) – the animal
The Crommyonian Sow was a wild pig that ravaged the region around the village of Crommyon between Megara and Corinth, and was eventually slain by Theseus in his early adventures. According to the Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus , it was said by some to be the daughter of Echidna and Typhon , and was named after the old woman who raised it. [ 1 ]
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A Judensau (German for "Jews' sow") [1] [2] [3] is a folk art [4] image of Jews in obscene contact with a large sow (female pig), which in Judaism is an unclean animal.These first appeared in the 13th century in Germany [1] and some other European countries, and remained popular for over 600 years.
Sow, the channel connecting pig iron ingots during casting Scheme of work , defines the structure and content of an academic course Share of wallet , a survey method used in performance management