peccary

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/ˈpɛk.ə.ɹi/

noun

Any of the family Tayassuidae of mammals from the Americas, related to pigs.

Similar
bush hogjavelinatayassuidmusk hog
OriginKari'na pakira ← Proto-Cariban *pakira →
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Meanings

nounpeccary (plural peccaries)

plural peccaries

  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.

    2023 March 1, “Amazon jungle: Man survives 31 days by eating worms”, in BBC News
    1 more example

    A realistic representation of a peccary appears in a band of glyphs over a doorway on the eastern façade of the Casa de Monjas at Chichen Itza, Yucatán.

    1985, R.A. Donkin, The Peccary, page 32

    Synonyms: bush hog, javelina, tayassuid

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of the family Tayassuidae of mammals from the Americas, related to pigs.

Similar
bush hogjavelinatayassuid

More synonyms by meaning

nounnocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America

Similar
musk hog
Broader
even-toed ungulateartiodactylartiodactyl mammal
Also see
bush hog

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Cariban*pakira
  2. Kari'napakira“collared peccary”
  3. Englishpeccary

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

More words from Kari'na, Proto-Cariban

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Translations

Arabic بِيكَارْيَة
  • بِيكَارْيَة (pikarya)a family of mammals related to pigs
Catalan pècari
  • pècaria family of mammals related to pigs
Chinese Mandarin 西貒, 西猯
  • 西貒 (xītuān)a family of mammals related to pigs
  • 西猯 (xītuān)a family of mammals related to pigs
  • 西趪 (xīhuáng)a family of mammals related to pigs
  • 野豬 /野猪 (yězhū)a family of mammals related to pigs
Dutch pekari
  • pekaria family of mammals related to pigs
Esperanto tajasuo
  • tajasuoa family of mammals related to pigs
Finnish pekari
  • pekaria family of mammals related to pigs
French pécari
  • pécaria family of mammals related to pigs
German Nabelschwein, Pekari
  • Nabelschweina family of mammals related to pigs
  • Pekaria family of mammals related to pigs
Hungarian pekari
  • pekaria family of mammals related to pigs
Italian pecari
  • pecaria family of mammals related to pigs
Japanese 臍猪
  • 臍猪 (hesoinoshishi)a family of mammals related to pigs
Korean 산돼지류
  • 산돼지류 (sandwaejiryu)a family of mammals related to pigs
Portuguese tajaçu, pecari
  • tajaçua family of mammals related to pigs
  • pecaria family of mammals related to pigs
  • queixadaa family of mammals related to pigs
Romanian pecari
  • pecaria family of mammals related to pigs
Russian пе́кари
  • пе́кари (pékari)a family of mammals related to pigs
Spanish pecarí, báquiro
  • pecaría family of mammals related to pigs
  • báquiroa family of mammals related to pigs
  • chancho de montea family of mammals related to pigs
  • coche de montea family of mammals related to pigs
  • jabalía family of mammals related to pigs
  • jabalinaa family of mammals related to pigs
  • saínoa family of mammals related to pigs
  • sahínoa family of mammals related to pigs
  • sajinoa family of mammals related to pigs
Cite this entry
APA

peccary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peccary

MLA

“peccary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peccary. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peccary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peccary.

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