babirusa
See also: babi rusa
English
editEtymology
editFrom scientific Latin babyroussa (later as specific name), and its source, Malay babi rusa, from babi (“pig”) + rusa (“deer”).
Noun
editbabirusa (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
editTranslations
edita member of the genus Babyrousa
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Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom babi (“pig”) + rusa (“deer”), from the resemblance of the tusks to antlers.
Noun
editbabirusa (first-person possessive babirusaku, second-person possessive babirusamu, third-person possessive babirusanya)
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbabirusa m (plural babirusas)
Further reading
edit- “babirusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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