female
The sow is a female pig and a boar is the male.
sow
The boar is a male pig; the female is called a sow
Sow IS female/feminine. The male pig/swine is a boar.
Sow
The sow.
See
Pig or hog.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for a male or a female.The noun for a female is sow; the noun for a male is a boar.The gender specific nouns, boar and sow, are used for:badgersbearsboarsguinea pigshedgehogshogspandaspigsprairie dogsraccoons
As far as I know it's female. But in what species?
A boar or a sow, depending on the gender.
The gender noun for a female boar is "sow." While "boar" specifically refers to male wild pigs, "sow" is used to denote the female counterpart. In domestic settings, "pig" can refer to either gender, but the terms "boar" and "sow" are more precise in distinguishing between males and females.