Found 2 items, similar to peccary.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: peccary
peccary
n : nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America
and South America [syn:
musk hog]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Peccary
Peccary
\Pec"ca*ry\, n.; pl.
Peccaries. [From the native South
American name: cf. F. p['e]cari, Sp. pecar.] (Zo["o]l.)
A pachyderm of the genus
Dicotyles.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The collared peccary, or tajacu (
Dicotyles torquatus
), is about the size and shape of a small
hog, and has a white ring aroung the neck. It ranges
from Arkansas to Brazil. A larger species (
Dicotyles labiatus
), with white cheeks, is found in South
America.
[1913 Webster]