musk hog

noun

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

• Syn: ↑peccary

• Hypernyms: ↑even-toed ungulate, ↑artiodactyl, ↑artiodactyl mammal

• Hyponyms:

↑collared peccary, ↑javelina, ↑Tayassu angulatus, ↑Tayassu tajacu, ↑Peccari angulatus, ↑white-lipped peccary, ↑Tayassu pecari, ↑Chiacoan peccary

• Member Holonyms: ↑Tayassu, ↑genus Tayassu, ↑genus Pecari

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noun

: peccary

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the collared peccary. See under peccary.

[1765-75]

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musk hog,

= peccary. (Cf. ↑peccary)