HyperDic: peccary

English > 1 sense of the word peccary:
NOUNanimalpeccary, musk hognocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America
English > peccary: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningnocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America.
Synonymmusk hog
Member ofTayassu, genus Tayassu, genus Pecaritype genus of the Tayassuidae
NarrowerChiacoan peccaryA recently discovered large wild pig of Paraguay
collared peccary, javelina, Tayassu angulatus, Tayassu tajacu, Peccari angulatusdark grey peccary with an indistinct white collar
white-lipped peccary, Tayassu pecariblackish peccary with whitish cheeks
Broadereven-toed ungulate, artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammalplacental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
Spanishpécari, pecarí, tayassuidae
Catalanpècari

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