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Meaning of PUERCO

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pu*er"co\, n. [Sp.]
A hog.
{Puerco beds} (Geol.), a name given to certain strata
   belonging to the earliest Eocene. They are developed in
   Northwestern New Mexico, along the Rio Puerco, and are
   characterized by their mammalian remains.
 
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