English

The javelina

Alternative forms

• javeli

Noun

javelina ‎(plural javelinas)

1. (US) The peccary, especially the collared peccary
   • 1831, The Genius of Universal Emancipation, Benjamin Lundy, ed. p. 117:

     The Javelina (Peccari) is an animal peculiar so far as I know to Spanish America.

   • about 1900, O. Henry, Hygeia at the Solito

     Some well-mounted heads of deer and one of an enormous black javeli projected from the walls.

References

1. ↑ “javelina”, Oxford Dictionaries
2. ↑ “javelina” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.
3. ↑ The Arabic Contributions to the English Language: An Historical Dictionary, by Garland Hampton Cannon, Alan S. Kaye, p. 25

Catalan

Noun

javelina f ‎(plural javelines)

1. javelin