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peccary

[ pek-uh-ree ]

noun

, plural pec·ca·ries, (especially collectively) pec·ca·ry.
  1. any of several medium-sized, bristly, piglike mammals of North and South America, comprising three genera of the family Tayassuidae New World pigs, all of which possess a scent gland on the rear of the back.


peccary

/ ˈpɛkərɪ /

noun

  1. either of two piglike artiodactyl mammals, Tayassu tajacu ( collared peccary ) or T. albirostris ( white-lipped peccary ) of forests of southern North America, Central and South America: family Tayassuidae
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of peccary1

Borrowed into English around 1605–15 from a Carib language, e.g., Apalai pakira, paquira, or Chayma paquera
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Word History and Origins

Origin of peccary1

C17: from Carib
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Example Sentences

Like the peccary, he is tailless, and in a manner web-footed, being thus adapted for a semi-aquatic life.

We knew that the peccary, savage as it was, could not climb the tree; and hitherto we had deemed ourselves secure.

Of the peccary (dicotyles), there are two distinct species known—the “collared,” and the “white-lipped.”

The other species is also found in South America, and is distinguished as the “vaquira de collar” (collared peccary).

This is just following the isothermal line, and proves that the peccary cannot endure the rigours of a severe winter climate.

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