Hypertext Webster Gateway: "peccary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
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 ({D.
labiatus}), with white cheeks, is found in South
America.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
peccary
n : nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North and
South America [syn: {musk hog}]
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