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Vinony

peccary

noun

  1. luxury leather from the hides of animals in the peccary family
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛk.ə.ɹi/

noun

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

  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.”