Synonyms for peccary
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pek-uh-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛk ə ri |
Définition of peccary
Origin :- pig-like animal of South America, 1610s, from Carib (Guiana or Venezuela) pakira, paquira.
- As in swine : noun pig
- It is there known as the “vaquira,” whence our word “peccary.”
- Extract from : « The Hunters' Feast » by Mayne Reid
- But I had never yet killed a peccary; in fact, had never seen one.
- Extract from : « The Hunters' Feast » by Mayne Reid
- Farther than to eat their fruit, the forest trees are of no use to the peccary.
- Extract from : « The Hunters' Feast » by Mayne Reid
- The peccary, having its snout tied up, was unable to squeak.
- Extract from : « On the Banks of the Amazon » by W.H.G. Kingston
- On that raft was tied a bit of peccary meat, the only morsel of food he had in the world.
- Extract from : « The Red Lure » by Roy J. Snell
- The mode in which the peccary forms its lair is very singular.
- Extract from : « The Trail-Hunter » by Gustave Aimard
- These are the haunts of the peccary, the red forest deer, and the jungle cat.
- Extract from : « The Andes of Southern Peru » by Isaiah Bowman
- A pig's an obstinate critter at his best, an' a peccary's a pig at his worst!
- Extract from : « The Inca Emerald » by Samuel Scoville
- It has been said that the Peccary is totally devoid of fear.
- Extract from : « Birds and all Nature, Vol. IV, No. 4, October 1898 » by Various
- After the peccary was released we could not call the ship ours.
- Extract from : « The Sea and the Jungle » by H. M. Tomlinson
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