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phacochœre Zool.|ˈfækəkɪə(r)|
Also -chere.
[= F. phacochère (Littré), ad. mod.L. phacochœrus, f. Gr. ϕακός lentil, wart + χοῖρος pig.]
A wart-hog.
1842Penny Cycl. XXIII. 246/2 In the locomotive organs the true hogs and the Phacochœres bear the greatest resemblance to each other. 1849Sk. Nat. Hist., Mammalia III. 85 The range of the South African phacochœre, or Vlacke Vark, does not appear to be precisely determined.
So phacoˈchœrid (-cher-), an animal of the family Phacochœridæ; phacoˈchœrine (-cher-) a., belonging to the family Phacochœridæ; phacoˈchœroid a. = phacochœrine; n. = phacochœrid.
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