A group of swine is called a sounder or drift
A drift, drove, litter (young), sounder (of swine), team, passel (of hogs), singular (refers to a group of boars)
A female Javelina is usually just called a female, but any female swine can be called a sow.
No, a group of pigs is called a 'drift' or a 'drove'.Other names for groups of pigs:More than one pig can be called swine because the word swine can be both the singular or plural form of that alternate word for pig or pigs as in: "How many swine do you have in your herd?"There are other collective nouns used for groups of these types of animals like the above example of a "herd of swine". Such as:The collective name for a group of,Swine - can be either 'drift', 'doylt', or 'trip' - e.g., "A drift of swine",Boars (male pigs) - is also 'herd' - e.g., "A herd of boars",Wild boars - is a 'sounder' - e.g., "A sounder of wild boars",Pigs - is 'drove' or also 'drift' - e.g., "A drove of pigs",Hogs - is 'parcel' - e.g., "A parcel of hogs".
More than one pig can be called swine because the word swine can be both the singular or plural form of the alternate word for pig or pigs. However, you would not call many pigs "aswine", you would say just "swine", as in: "How many swine do you have in your herd?"There are other collective nouns used for groups of animals like the above example of a "herd of swine". Such as:The collective name for a group of,Swine - can be either 'drift', 'doylt', or 'trip' - e.g., "A drift of swine",Boars (male pigs) - is also 'herd' - e.g., "A herd of boars",Wild boars - is a 'sounder' - e.g., "A sounder of wild boars",Pigs - is 'drove' or also 'drift' - e.g., "A drove of pigs",Hogs - is 'parcel' - e.g., "A parcel of hogs".
A castrated male swine is called a barrow.
They can either be called a drift, herd, or sounder. If the group is being moved they are called a drove.
A drift, drove, litter (young), sounder (of swine), team, passel (of hogs), singular (refers to a group of boars)
Young swine are called piglets.
A swine offspring is called a piglet.
In Mark5:9 the Bible calls a group of swine a herd.
A female Javelina is usually just called a female, but any female swine can be called a sow.
No, a group of pigs is called a 'drift' or a 'drove'.Other names for groups of pigs:More than one pig can be called swine because the word swine can be both the singular or plural form of that alternate word for pig or pigs as in: "How many swine do you have in your herd?"There are other collective nouns used for groups of these types of animals like the above example of a "herd of swine". Such as:The collective name for a group of,Swine - can be either 'drift', 'doylt', or 'trip' - e.g., "A drift of swine",Boars (male pigs) - is also 'herd' - e.g., "A herd of boars",Wild boars - is a 'sounder' - e.g., "A sounder of wild boars",Pigs - is 'drove' or also 'drift' - e.g., "A drove of pigs",Hogs - is 'parcel' - e.g., "A parcel of hogs".
More than one pig can be called swine because the word swine can be both the singular or plural form of the alternate word for pig or pigs. However, you would not call many pigs "aswine", you would say just "swine", as in: "How many swine do you have in your herd?"There are other collective nouns used for groups of animals like the above example of a "herd of swine". Such as:The collective name for a group of,Swine - can be either 'drift', 'doylt', or 'trip' - e.g., "A drift of swine",Boars (male pigs) - is also 'herd' - e.g., "A herd of boars",Wild boars - is a 'sounder' - e.g., "A sounder of wild boars",Pigs - is 'drove' or also 'drift' - e.g., "A drove of pigs",Hogs - is 'parcel' - e.g., "A parcel of hogs".
A very young pig is a piglet, an older weanling pig is a shoat. Pigs are the same thing as hogs. A group of pigs is called swine. A mature female pig is a sow, a mature male pig is a boar unless castrated, then they are called barrow.
A castrated male swine is called a barrow.
Male pigs (hogs, swine) are called boars.
The word swine is already the plural form of the noun. A group of pigs/hogs are called swine. Sentence example: The farmer raised many pigs at his hog farm, giving the best care possible to his swine.