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babirusa

or ²ú²¹²ú·¾±Â·°ù´Ç³Ü²õ·²õ²¹, ²ú²¹²ú·¾±Â·°ù³Ü²õ·²õ²¹

[ bab-uh-roo-suh, bah-buh- ]

noun

  1. an East Indian swine, Babyrousa babyrussa, the male of which has upper canine teeth growing upward through the roof of the mouth and curving toward the eyes, and lower canine teeth growing upward outside the upper jaw.


babirusa

/ ËŒ²úɑ˲úɪˈ°ù³Ü˲õÉ™ /

noun

  1. a wild pig, Babyrousa babyrussa , inhabiting marshy forests in Indonesia. It has an almost hairless wrinkled skin and enormous curved canine teeth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of babirusa1

1690–1700; < Malay, equivalent to babi pig + rusa deer
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of babirusa1

C17: from Malay, from ²úÄå²úÄ« hog + °ùÅ«²õ²¹ deer
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Example Sentences

Those include the dwarf cuscus, a large-eyed marsupial; the anoa, a midget buffalo; the Sulawesi crested black macaque, locally known as yaki; and the babirusa, or deer-pig, which is renowned for its large tusks.

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The researchers who announced the recent discovery previously described a 35,000-year-old cave painting of a babirusa, or pig deer, there.

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For the babirusa, the most recent common ancestor for all specimens was found to be at 2.49m years ago.

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The study focused on 14 cave paintings: 12 human hand stencils and two naturalistic animal depictions, one showing an animal called a babirusa, or "pig-deer," and the other showing what probably is a pig.

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A painting of an animal known as a pig deer, of the species babirusa, was determined to be at least 35,400 years old.

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