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Some believe the name may derive from the Latin word sus (pig) and rhynchos (nose), as evidently pigs were in the habit of grubbing at their roots.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
missanthropist commented on the word rhynchos
Greek Nose, snout, beaklike.
July 9, 2008
biocon commented on the word rhynchos
rhynchos = beak, snout — transliteration of Gk. ῥύγχος into Latin and English. See rostrum.
May 11, 2015