Definition of peccary in English:
peccary
nounPlural peccaries ˈpɛk(ə)riˈpɛkəri
A gregarious piglike mammal that is found from the south-western US to Paraguay.
Family Tayassuidae: two genera and three species, in particular the collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu)
- The snout of peccaries has the same mobile cartilaginous disk and terminal nostrils as pigs.
- It cannot be swallowed whole, but some animals, such as the paca or the peccary, are able to open the seed with their teeth.
- The park's peccaries, a type of wild boar, could be first to end up in the tiger's den.
- From what scientists can tell, their preferred diet is deer and wild pigs called peccaries.
- Finding one of these big peccaries all by itself and away from its herd was unprecedented in our experience.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Carib pakira.
Definition of peccary in US English:
peccary
nounˈpekərēˈpɛkəri
A gregarious piglike mammal that is found from the southwestern US to Paraguay.
Family Tayassuidae: two genera and three species, in particular the collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu)
- Finding one of these big peccaries all by itself and away from its herd was unprecedented in our experience.
- The snout of peccaries has the same mobile cartilaginous disk and terminal nostrils as pigs.
- From what scientists can tell, their preferred diet is deer and wild pigs called peccaries.
- It cannot be swallowed whole, but some animals, such as the paca or the peccary, are able to open the seed with their teeth.
- The park's peccaries, a type of wild boar, could be first to end up in the tiger's den.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Carib pakira.