javelina
noun
javelinas
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pluralof javelina.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Savannah and her mother joked about the javelinas, the piglike animals that foraged through the family’s trash cans at night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
There’s a chapter called “Javelina Sunset,” which is about javelinas coming into the park looking for food.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
Now Bisbee says the club is working with its restaurant suppliers, trying to scorch the javelinas with a one-million Scoville-unit chili oil that the club can spray over the turf without killing it.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2023
In his interviews with investigators, Mark Sheppard said he and his brother had been out looking to shoot animals and thought they had spotted some javelinas, similar to wild hogs.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
Once Jed Simpson’s boy Rosal shot into a bunch of javelinas and they took after him.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
