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Razorback
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Razorback is the folk American name for feral hogs with a high-ridged back and lean, athletic build—especially associated with southern US woodlands and river bottoms. The term is cultural more than taxonomic but signals rangy wild pork rather than farm barrows. Meat is dark and assertive; traditional Southern recipes smoke, stew, and chili-cook razorback. Younger animals roast; trophy boars are better as sausage after heavy trim. The romance of razorback hunting still feeds regional meat lockers.
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Southern settlers named lean feral pigs razorbacks in folklore and diet.
University of Arkansas adopted the Razorback mascot, cementing cultural fame.
Sport hunting for razorbacks grew alongside agricultural damage control.
Wild-hog processors marketed razorback-branded sausages and roasts.