either of two piglike artiodactyl mammals, Tayassu tajacu (collared peccary) or T. albirostris (white-lipped peccary) of forests of southern North America, Central, and South America: family Tayassuidae
Word origin
C17: from Carib
white-lipped peccary in British English
(ˈwaɪtˌlɪpt ˈpɛkərɪ)
nounWord forms: pluralpeccary or peccaries
a piglike artiodactyl mammal, Tayassu albirostris, of forests of southern North America, Central and South America: family Tayassuidae
Examples of 'peccaries' in a sentence
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These results confirm the ability of peccaries to digest fiber.
Sérgio Luiz Gama Nogueira-Filho, Karen Martins, Rogério Martins Borges, Alcester Mendes,Selene Siqueira da Cunha Nogueira, Jérôme Bindelle 2018, 'Intake and digestion of non-traditional feedstuffs by farmed collared peccary (Mammalia,Tayassuidae)', Revista Brasileira de Zootecniahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982018000100528&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our results indicate that collared peccaries may avoid foraging at the same time as white-lipped peccaries.
Mauro Galetti, Hiléia Camargo, Tadeu Siqueira, Alexine Keuroghlian, Camila I. Donatti,Maria Luisa S. P. Jorge, Felipe Pedrosa, Claudia Z. Kanda, Milton C. Ribeiro 2015, 'Diet Overlap and Foraging Activity between Feral Pigs and Native Peccaries in thePantanal', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0141459. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The management of white-lipped peccaries on the extensive system provided a greater weight gain to the animals.
Maria de Lourdes de Oliveira Andrade Figueira, Célia Regina Orlandelli Carrer, PauloBezerra Silva Neto 2003, 'Ganho de peso e evolução do rebanho de queixadas selvagens em sistemas de criaçãosemi-extensivo e extensivo, em reserva de Cerrado Weight gain and evolution of a wildwhite-lipped peccaries under extensive and semi-extensive systems, on a Savanna area',Revista Brasileira de Zootecniahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982003000100024. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This study aimed to characterize the lobation and describe the bronchial tree and vasculariza-tion of the lung collared peccaries.
GLEIDSON BENEVIDES DE OLIVEIRA, RADAN ELVIS MATIAS DE OLIVEIRA, FERDINANDO VINICIUSFERNANDES BEZERRA, MOACIR FRANCO DE OLIVEIRA 2015, 'LOBAÇÃO, ÁRVORE BRÔNQUICA E VASCULARIZAÇÃO DO PULMÃO DE CATETOS (Pecari tajacu Linnaeus,1758)', Revista Caatingahttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=237138297027. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Data on heterologous amplification and genetic variability in collared and white-lipped peccaries are presented for the first time.
Roxane Wirschum Silva, Thales R.O. de Freitas, Ives José Sbalqueiro 2010, 'Evaluation of genetic variability in the collared peccary Pecari tajacu and the white-lippedpeccary Tayassu pecari by microsatellite markers', Genetics and Molecular Biologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572010000100012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)