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Webster 1913 Edition
Peccary
Pec′ca-ry
,Noun.
pl.
Peccaries
(#)
. [From the native South American name: cf. F.
pécari
, Sp. pecar
.] (Zool.)
A pachyderm of the genus
Dicotyles
. ☞ 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 (Dicotyles labiatus
), with white cheeks, is found in South America
.