white-lipped peccary

American  

[hwahyt-lipt pek-uh-ree, wahyt‐] / ˈʰwaɪtˌlɪpt ˈpɛk ə ri, ˈwaɪt‐ /

noun

white-lipped peccaries plural

1. a brown or black peccary (Tayassu pecari ) with short, sharp tusks, found in a range of habitats, especially rainforests, in Central and South America, where it travels great distances in herds in pursuit of fruit, the chief component of its diet: due mostly to excessive hunting by poachers and deforestation, the species is listed as vulnerable.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• white-lipped peccary
  plural
• white-lipped peccaries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of white-lipped peccary

First recorded in 1825–30; white ( def. ) + lipped ( def. ) + peccary ( def. )

Example Sentences

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

The white-lipped peccary herds in large numbers, migrating apparently in regular order in companies sometimes a thousand strong.

From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various

In size, however, there is a great difference between the two: the white-lipped peccary weighing 100 pounds, or nearly twice the weight of the collared species.

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist

There are two species—the Dicotyles tajacu and Dicotyles labiatus, or white-lipped peccary; the latter being the larger and fiercer of the two.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles

They are farther distinguished, by the forehead of the white-lipped peccary being more hollowed or concave than that of its congener.

From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne