collared peccary

noun

A small wild hog (Dicotyles tajacu), native to southern United States through to northern Argentina.

Similar
javelinaquenkmusk hogTayassu angulatusTayassu tajacuPeccari angulatus

Meanings

nouncollared peccary (plural collared peccaries)

plural collared peccaries

  1. A small wild hog (Dicotyles tajacu), native to southern United States through to northern Argentina.

    Synonyms: javelina, quenk, musk hog

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small wild hog (Dicotyles tajacu), native to southern United States through to northern Argentina.

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

noundark grey peccary with an indistinct white collar; of semi desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States

Similar
javelinaTayassu angulatusTayassu tajacuPeccari angulatus
Broader
peccarymusk hog

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan pècari de collar
  • pècari de collarmammal
Czech pekari páskovaný
  • pekari páskovanýmammal
Danish halsbåndnavlesvin
  • halsbåndnavlesvinmammal
Dutch halsbandpekari
  • halsbandpekarimammal
French pécari à collier
  • pécari à colliermammal
German Halsbandpekari
  • Halsbandpekarimammal
Hungarian örvös pekari
  • örvös pekarimammal
Italian pecari dal collare
  • pecari dal collaremammal
Korean 목도리페커리
  • 목도리페커리 (mokdoripekeori)mammal
Polish pekari obrożny
  • pekari obrożnymammal
Portuguese caititu
  • caititumammal
Russian оше́йниковый пе́кари
  • оше́йниковый пе́кари (ošéjnikovyj pékari)mammal
Spanish pecarí de collar, chácharo
  • pecarí de collarmammal
  • chácharomammal
  • chancho rosillomammal
  • saínomammal
  • sajinomammal
  • coyámelmammal
  • huanganamammal
Turkish yakalı pekari
  • yakalı pekarimammal
Cite this entry
APA

collared peccary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collared%20peccary

MLA

“collared peccary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collared%20peccary. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collared peccary,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collared%20peccary.

Source: collared peccary on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.