Babirusa

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any mammal in the genus Babyrousa in the pig family Suidae, in which the upper tusk grows upward.

    "And there are wild pigs, babirusas, with wrinkled skin and impressive upper tusks that instead of growing down, grow up and backwards toward the skull."

  2. 2
    Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth wordnet

Synonyms

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babiroussababirussababyrousa babyrussadeer-pigindian hog

Example

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"And there are wild pigs, babirusas, with wrinkled skin and impressive upper tusks that instead of growing down, grow up and backwards toward the skull."

Etymology

From scientific Latin babyroussa (later as specific name), and its source, Malay babi rusa, from babi (“pig”) + rusa (“deer”).

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