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boar (a)   
lambo ~ the wild hog, a somewhat common animal in the forest regions of Madagascar and very destructive to plantations. There appear to be two species of this animal: one called lamboniva, inhabiting the lower coast regions, Potamochaerus madagascariensis, or P. africanus, Gray; and another called lambonava, found in the upper forests, P. Edwardsi, Grandid.; the latter is the larger of the two. [Comp. Mal. lambu, an ox] ~ a wild boar, a wild pig