babirusa
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See also: babi rusa
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From scientific Latin babyroussa (later as specific name), and its source, Malay babi rusa, from babi (“pig”) + rusa (“deer”).
Noun[edit]
babirusa (plural babirusas)
- Any of several mammals in the genus Babyrousa in the pig family Suidae, in which the upper tusk grows upward.
- 2018 May 17, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian[1]:
- And there are wild pigs, babirusas, with wrinkled skin and impressive upper tusks that instead of growing down, grow up and backwards toward the skull.
Hyponyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a member of the genus Babyrousa
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From babi (“pig”) + rusa (“deer”), from the resemblance of the tusks to antlers.
Noun[edit]
babirusa (first-person possessive babirusaku, second-person possessive babirusamu, third-person possessive babirusanya)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
babirusa m (plural babirusas)
Further reading[edit]
- “babirusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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