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babirusa

babirusa

See also: babi rusa

English

Noun

babirusa (plural babirusas)

  1. Any of several mammals in the genus Babyrousa in the pig family Suidae, in which the upper tusk grows upward.

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Indonesian

Etymology

babi, pig + rusa, deer, from the resemblance of the tusks to antlers

Noun

babirusa

  1. Buru babirusa, Babyrousa babyrussa