Pig (disambiguation) explained

A pig is a mammal of the genus Sus.

Pig, PIG, Pigs or PIGS may also refer to:

Animals

• Domestic pig, Sus scrofa domestica or Sus domestica
• 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, including Sus scrofa and closely related southeast Asian species
• Suinae, a pig subfamily, including Sus and other genera from Africa and southeast Asia
• Suidae, a family of animals, including Suinae and other extinct Old World subfamilies
• Suina, a suborder of mammals including Suidae, and the Tayssuidae (peccaries or "New World pigs")
• Guinea pig, a domestic species of rodent that is popular as a pet
• Hell pigs or terminator pigs, the Entelodonts, a family of extinct mammals

Places

• Pig, Kentucky, US
• Pine Island Glacier, a glacier of Antarctica

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

• Pigs (1973 film), a horror film
• Pigs (1992 film) or Psy, a film by Wladyslaw Pasikowski
• Pig (1998 film), a 1998 film written by and starring Rozz Williams
• Pigs (2007 film), a film by Karl DiPelino
• Grisen (Danish for The Pig), 2008 Danish short film with Jesper Asholt
• Pig (2010 film), a horror film by Adam Mason
• Pig (2011 film), a film written by Henry Barrial
• Pig (2018 film), an Iranian film
• Pig (2021 film), an American drama film starring Nicolas Cage

Games

• Pig (dice game), a dice game
• P-I-G, a variation of the basketball game H-O-R-S-E
• Pig, a variation of the card game Spoons

Literature

• Pig (novel), by Andrew Cowan
• "Pig" (short story), by Roald Dahl

Music

Albums and projects

• Pig (musical project), musical project by Raymond Watts
• Pigs (Asphalt Ballet album), 1993

Songs

• "Pig" (song), a 1998 song by the Dave Matthews Band
• "Pig", a song by Seether from Disclaimer II
• "PIG", an early demo version of "Mr. Jack" by System of a Down
• "Pig", a bonus song from Weezer Deluxe Edition
• "Pigs (Three Different Ones)", a 1977 song by Pink Floyd
• "Pigs", a track on Cypress Hill, Cypress Hill's first album
• "Pigs", a song by Eyehategod from In the Name of Suffering
• "Pigs", a song by Tyler, the Creator from Wolf

Military

• Humber Pig, a British military vehicle
• General Dynamics F-111C, Royal Australian Air Force variant of the F-111 bomber nicknamed the pig
• M60 machine gun, nicknamed "the pig"
• Maiale (pig), a low speed human torpedo; see Midget submarine#Italy

Science and technology

• Apache Pig, a MapReduce programming tool used on Hadoop, language Pig Latin
• Pig, another term for ingot
• Pipeline inspection gauge, a form of pipeline maintenance used in pigging
• Pig, a small sandbag used for flood control inside a building
• PIGS (gene), a human gene
• Distillation pig, a piece of glassware that allows fractions to be collected without breaking vacuum
• Lead pig, a container made of lead shielding for storing and transporting radioactive materials
• The Pig (tool), a firefighting tool

Other uses

• Pig, a derogatory term for a police officer
• Pig (zodiac), a sign of the Chinese zodiac
• Pisabo language (ISO 639-3 code: pig)
• PIGS (economics), the economies of Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain, and sometimes Ireland
• New Zealand DX class locomotive (DXR 8007 nicknamed "the pig")

See also

• Boar (disambiguation)
• Hog (disambiguation)
• Pigg (disambiguation)
• Piggy (disambiguation)
  • Piglet (disambiguation) Swine (disambiguation)