"peccary" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛk.ə.ɹi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-peccary.wav [Southern-England] Forms: peccaries [plural]
Etymology: From Kari'na pakira (“collared peccary”), from Proto-Cariban *pakira. Etymology templates: {{der|en|car|pakira||collared peccary}} Kari'na pakira (“collared peccary”), {{der|en|sai-car-pro|*pakira}} Proto-Cariban *pakira Head templates: {{en-noun}} peccary (plural peccaries)
  1. Any of the family Tayassuidae of mammals from the Americas, related to pigs and hippos. Wikipedia link: peccary Categories (lifeform): Pigs Synonyms: javelina (english: Southwest US, from Mexican Spanish 'jabalina') Derived forms: Chacoan peccary (taxonomic: Catagonus wagneri), collared peccary (taxonomic: Pecari tajacu), white-lipped peccary (taxonomic: Tayassu pecari), giant peccary (taxonomic: Pecari maximus) Translations (a family of mammals related to pigs and hippos): بِيكَارْيَة (pikarya) [feminine] (Arabic), pècari [masculine] (Catalan), koapitsotl (Central Huasteca Nahuatl), 西貒 (xītuān) (Chinese Mandarin), 西猯 (xītuān) (Chinese Mandarin), 西趪 (xīhuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 野豬 (Chinese Mandarin), 野猪 (yězhū) (Chinese Mandarin), pekari (Dutch), tajasuo (Esperanto), pekari (Finnish), pécari [masculine] (French), Nabelschwein (German), Pekari [masculine] (German), pekari (Hungarian), pecari [masculine] (Italian), 臍猪 (hesoinoshishi) (alt: ヘソイノシシ) (Japanese), 산돼지류 (sandwaejiryu) (Korean), pecari [masculine] (Portuguese), queixada [masculine] (Portuguese), pecari [masculine] (Romanian), пе́кари (pékari) [masculine] (Russian), pecarí [masculine] (Spanish), báquiro [Venezuela, masculine] (Spanish), chancho de monte [Argentina, Bolivia, El-Salvador, Honduras, masculine] (Spanish), coche de monte [Guatemala, masculine] (Spanish), jabalí [Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), jabalina [Mexico, feminine] (Spanish), saíno [masculine] (Spanish), sahíno [Ecuador, Nicaragua, masculine] (Spanish), sajino [Peru, masculine] (Spanish)

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jabalí"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a family of mammals related to pigs and hippos",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jabalina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a family of mammals related to pigs and hippos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saíno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a family of mammals related to pigs and hippos",
      "tags": [
        "Ecuador",
        "Nicaragua",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sahíno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a family of mammals related to pigs and hippos",
      "tags": [
        "Peru",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sajino"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peccary"
}

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