javelina

[ hah-vuh-lee-nuh ]

noun

, plural ja·ve·li·nas, (especially collectively) ja·ve·li·na.

1. collared peccary ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of javelina¹

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25; from Latin American Spanish jabalina, from Spanish: feminine of jabalín “wild boar,” dialectal variant of jabalí, from Arabic (khinzīr) jabalī “mountain (boar)”