Peccary Definition

pĕkə-rē
peccaries
noun
peccaries
Any of a family (Tayassuidae) of piglike, artiodactylous mammals of North and South America, with a musk gland, sharp tusks, and porklike flesh.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • musk-hog

Other Word Forms of Peccary

Noun

Singular:
peccary
Plural:
peccaries

Origin of Peccary

  • Ultimately from Carib pakira

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Galibi Carib pakira

    From Wiktionary

Peccary Sentence Examples

  • We have a few peccary out there and they can be pretty scrappy.

  • Tapirs are to be found in the eastern forests, the peccary in more open woodlands, and the opossum in nearly every part of the country.

  • Peccaries,which range fromNewMexico andTexas to Patagonia, are represented by two main types, of which the first is the collared peccary, Dicotyles (or Tagassu) tajacu, which has an extensive range in South America.

  • There they saw the tracks of peccary.

  • These are Collared Peccary.

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Words Starting With

PPEPEC

Words Ending With

YRYARY

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