peccary

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈpɛk.ə.ɹi/

Definition of peccary

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any of the family Tayassuidae of mammals from the Americas, related to pigs.
    “He says he drank rainwater collected in his shoes and ate worms and insects while hiding from jaguars and peccaries, a type of pig-like mammal.”

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Etymology

From Kari'na pakira (“collared peccary”), from Proto-Cariban *pakira.

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