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peccary

N สัตว์ คล้าย หมู มี สีเทา และ มี แถบ คอ สี ขาว ตระกูล  Tayassuidae หมูป่า  javelina sad-ti-me-mu-me-se-tao-lea-me-tab-kon-se-kao

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PECCARY

Pec "ca *ry, n.; pl. Peccaries. Etym: [From the native South American name: cf. F. pécari, Sp. pecar. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

peccary

pec ca ry |ˈpekərē ˈpɛkəri | noun ( pl. peccaries ) a gregarious piglike mammal that is found from the southwestern US to Paraguay. [Family Tayassuidae: two genera and three species, in particular the collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu ).] ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Carib pakira.

 

Oxford Dictionary

peccary

peccary |ˈpɛk (ə )ri | noun ( pl. peccaries ) a gregarious piglike mammal that is found from the south-western US to Paraguay. Family Tayassuidae: two genera and three species, in particular the collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu ). ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Carib pakira.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

peccary

pec ca ry /pék (ə )ri /名詞 -ries, C 〘動 〙ペッカリー 〘米国産のイノシシの類 〙.