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Definition of Babiroussa
1. Noun. Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth.
Generic synonyms: Swine
Group relationships: Babyrousa, Genus Babyrousa
Definition of Babiroussa
1. n. A large hoglike quadruped (Sus, or Porcus, babirussa) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved.
Definition of Babiroussa
1. Noun. A large hoglike quadruped, of the genus ''Babyrousa'', found in the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Babiroussa
Literary usage of Babiroussa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"... babiroussa, a kind of wild hog. (Malay.) Malay babî rusa, lit. ' deer-hog,'
or ' hog like a deer ' ; from rusa ..."
2. Anecdotal and descriptive natural history by A. Romer (1872)
"... WILD BOAR—THE HOG THE babiroussa THE WHITE- LIPPED PECCARY THE AMERICAN TAPIR.
j|HE genus Ovis, which comprehends the Sheep and its immediate allies, ..."
3. Natural History of the World: With Anecdotes Illustrating the Nature, Habits edited by Alfred Henry Miles (1895)
"The babiroussa belongs to Bouru and Celebes, and is gregarious. Its habits are
similar to those of the wild hog, which the male rivals and even surpasses in ..."
4. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"babiroussa, F. Cuv. Dent. Mamm. p. 212, t. 86 *. ... Babi roesa, Seba, Thes.
it 50. f. 2. babiroussa, Buffon, HN xii. p. 379, t. 48. p. 232. ..."
5. A System of Natural History: Containing Scientific and Popular Descriptions by baron Georges Cuvier (1834)
"The babiroussa strikes its upper tusks into the branches of trees, ... The babiroussa
differs still more from the wild boar by its natural appetites. ..."
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