grunter

grunter
    n 1: a person who grunts
    2: domestic swine [syn: {hog}, {pig}, {grunter}, {squealer},
       {Sus scrofa}]
    

Grunt \Grunt\ (gr[u^]nt), n.
   1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
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   2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of American food
      fishes, of the genus {Haemulon}, allied to the snappers,
      as, the black grunt ({Haemulon Plumieri}), and the
      redmouth grunt ({Haemulon aurolineatus}), of the Southern
      United States; -- also applied to allied species of the
      genera {Pomadasys}, {Orthopristis}, and {Pristopoma}.
      Called also {pigfish}, {squirrel fish}, and {grunter}; --
      so called from the noise it makes when taken.
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   3. A U. S. infantryman; -- used especially of those fighting
      in the war in Vietnam. [slang]
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Grunter \Grunt"er\ (gr[u^]nt"[~e]r), n.
   1. One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog.
      "Bristled grunters." --Tennyson.
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   2. (Zool.) One of several American marine fishes. See {Sea
      robin}, and {Grunt}, n., 2.
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   3. (Brass Founding) A hook used in lifting a crucible.
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