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peccary

[ pek-uh-ree ]

noun

plural peccaries, (especially collectively) peccary.
  1. any of several medium-sized, bristly, piglike mammals of North and South America, comprising three genera of the family Tayassuidae New World pigs, all of which possess a scent gland on the rear of the back.


peccary

/ ˈ±èÉ›°ìÉ™°ùɪ /

noun

  1. either of two piglike artiodactyl mammals, Tayassu tajacu ( collared peccary ) or T. albirostris ( white-lipped peccary ) of forests of southern North America, Central and South America: family Tayassuidae
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of peccary1

Borrowed into English around 1605–15 from a Carib language, e.g., Apalai pakira, paquira, or Chayma paquera
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of peccary1

C17: from Carib
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Prehistoric elephants, saber-toothed cats, jaguars, llamas, peccaries, deer, skunks and bears streamed from North America to South.

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The costumes of the cachaceros, representing Africans, are phantasmagoric confections of old jaguar pelts, caiman skulls and peccary teeth.

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Also known as collared peccaries, 30 to 50 hellcatting javelina squadrons have been razing the course turf annually during their fall rush.

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His younger brother says that Jhonattan used his last cartridge to scare off a squadron of peccaries, pig-like herd animals found in the rainforests of South America.

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Bottom: A peccary can be ferocious when threatened and makes a rattling sound by chattering its teeth to scare off predators.

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