peccary
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peccaries,
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peccary
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of peccary
Borrowed into English around 1605–15 from a Carib language, e.g., Apalai pakira, paquira, or Chayma paquera
Vocabulary lists containing peccary
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In their native language, Yawanawá means “white-lipped peccary people.”
From Scientific American ● Apr. 19, 2022
So does the white-lipped peccary, a shy pig that tends to disappear quickly when there’s hunting pressure.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2021
Pablo Maniguaje, an indigenous Siona man, is wearing a white-sleeved tunic and peccary tooth necklace.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2019
Today, he is just back from a solo hunt for the piglike peccary and a large bird called a curassow—traditional forest staples.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 4, 2015
Rondon immediately thought that a jaguar or the wild boar-like peccary was attacking his dog—until he heard a chorus of voices.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
You won’t see deer, tapir, peccaries, monkeys or chicken-like curassows anywhere within trekking distance of habitation; they’ve all been eaten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Prehistoric elephants, saber-toothed cats, jaguars, llamas, peccaries, deer, skunks and bears streamed from North America to South.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
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.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2023
Tapirs and peccaries perform critical ecosystem services, he explains.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2020
Why Eurasia’s pigs, but not American peccaries or Africa’s three species of true wild pigs?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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