tagua

[ tah-gwuh ]

noun,plural ta·guas, (especially collectively) ta·gua.

Chacoan peccary.

Origin of tagua

¹

From Guarani taguá, in reference to the animal's ability to make paths into virtually impenetrable areas

Words Nearby tagua

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How to use tagua in a sentence

What our hunters saw was neither more nor less than a grove of tagua trees—better known as the “vegetable ivory.”
Bruin | Mayne Reid
A curious article of exportation is the ivory nut, or tagua, which in value now comes next after bananas.
The Panama Canal | J. Saxon Mills
Of this our hunters had proof, and very shortly after entering among the tagua trees.
Bruin | Mayne Reid

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