collared peccary
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Also called javelina.
peccary
[pek-uh-ree]
- any of several piglike hoofed mammals of the genus Tayassu, of North and South America, as T. tajacu (collared peccary, or javelina), having a dark gray coat with a white collar.
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Origin of peccary
Borrowed into English from Carib around 1605–15
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peccary
- 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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Word Origin
C17: from Carib
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Word Origin and History for collared peccary
peccary
n.
pig-like animal of South America, 1610s, from Carib (Guiana or Venezuela) pakira, paquira.
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