javelina

[ hah-vuh-lee-nuh ]
/ ˌhɑ vəˈli nə /

noun

See under peccary.

Origin of javelina

1815–25, Americanism < American Spanish jabalina, Spanish: feminine of jabalín wild boar, dialectal variant of jabalí < Arabic ( khinzīr) jabalī mountain (boar)

Definition for javelina (2 of 2)

peccary
[ pek-uh-ree ]
/ ˈpɛk ə ri /

noun, plural pec·ca·ries, (especially collectively) pec·ca·ry.

any of several piglike hoofed mammals of the genus Tayassu, of North and South America, as T. tajacu (collared peccary, or javelina), having a dark gray coat with a white collar.

Origin of peccary

Borrowed into English from Carib around 1605–15

British Dictionary definitions for javelina

peccary
/ (ˈpɛkərɪ) /

noun plural -ries or -ry

either of two piglike artiodactyl mammals, Tayassu tajacu (collared peccary) or T. albirostris (white-lipped peccary) of forests of southern North America, Central and South America: family Tayassuidae

Word Origin for peccary

C17: from Carib