Elephant Puppet feeds the boar -the sequel
3Boar – a sexually mature male swine.
MALE PIGS are called boars or barrows. A litter refers to the baby pigs born to a sow at one time.
Male pigs are called boars, if they are intact (for breeding), and are called barrows when they are castrated at a young age to be raised for meat.
Barrow – a young, castrated male swine. Boar
'boar' (*) means a male pig after puberty, intended for breeding. 'gilt' (*) means a female pig intended for breeding, after puberty and before farrowing. 'sow' (*) means a female pig after the first farrowing. 'farrowing' means the process of giving birth to piglets
A stag is an another word to describe male swine castrated after development or beginning of development of the secondary physical characteristics of a boar.