"babirusa" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: babirusas [plural]
Etymology: From scientific Latin babyroussa (later as specific name), and its source, Malay babi rusa, from babi (“pig”) + rusa (“deer”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|babyroussa}} Latin babyroussa, {{der|en|ms|babi rusa}} Malay babi rusa, {{m|ms|babi||pig}} babi (“pig”), {{m|ms|rusa||deer}} rusa (“deer”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} babirusa (plural babirusas)
  1. Any of several mammals in the genus Babyrousa in the pig family Suidae, in which the upper tusk grows upward. Wikipedia link: babirusa Categories (lifeform): Pigs Hyponyms: Bola Batu babirusa, Buru babirusa, Malenge babirusa, North Sulawesi babirusa Translations (a member of the genus Babyrousa): بَابِيرُوسَة (bābīrūsa) [feminine] (Arabic), бабіру́са (babirúsa) [feminine] (Belarusian), бабиру́са (babirúsa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), babirussa [feminine] (Catalan), 馬魯古鹿豚 (Chinese Mandarin), 马鲁古鹿豚 (mǎlǔgǔlùtún) (Chinese Mandarin), 鹿豚 (lùtún) (Chinese Mandarin), 鹿豬 (Chinese Mandarin), 鹿猪 (lùzhū) (Chinese Mandarin), 逐鹿 (zhúlù) (Chinese Mandarin), babiroessa (Dutch), babiruso [feminine, masculine] (Esperanto), virbabiruso [masculine] (Esperanto), babirusino [feminine] (Esperanto), babirusido (alt: ♂♀ offspring) (Esperanto), virbabirusido (alt: ♂ offspring) (Esperanto), babirusidino (alt: ♀ offspring) (Esperanto), babirussa (Finnish), babiroussa [masculine] (French), babirusa [masculine] (Galician), Hirscheber [feminine, masculine] (German), Babirusa [feminine, masculine, neuter] (German), männlicher Hirscheber [masculine] (German), weiblicher Hirscheber [masculine] (German), μπαμπιρούσα (bampiroúsa) [feminine] (Greek), babirusa (Indonesian), babarúsa [masculine] (Irish), babirussa [masculine] (Italian), 鹿猪 (shikainoshishi) (alt: しかいのしし) (Japanese), バビルサ (babirusa) (Japanese), 바비루사 (babirusa) (Korean), babi rusa (Malay), bisóodi bideeʼ názhahígíí (Navajo), babirussa [feminine] (Portuguese), бабиру́сса (babirússa) [feminine] (Russian), babirusa [feminine] (Spanish), бабіру́са (babirúsa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), lợn hươu (Vietnamese)

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "babirussa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しかいのしし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shikainoshishi",
      "sense": "a member of the genus Babyrousa",
      "word": "鹿猪"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "babirusa",
      "sense": "a member of the genus Babyrousa",
      "word": "バビルサ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "babirusa",
      "sense": "a member of the genus Babyrousa",
      "word": "바비루사"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a member of the genus Babyrousa",
      "word": "babi rusa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "a member of the genus Babyrousa",
      "word": "bisóodi bideeʼ názhahígíí"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a member of the genus Babyrousa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babirussa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "babirússa",
      "sense": "a member of the genus Babyrousa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бабиру́сса"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a member of the genus Babyrousa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babirusa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "babirúsa",
      "sense": "a member of the genus Babyrousa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бабіру́са"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a member of the genus Babyrousa",
      "word": "lợn hươu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "babirusa"
}

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