javelina

The javelina

Meaning

Noun

The peccary, especially the collared peccary.

Origin

From Spanish javalina (obsolete), jabalina, feminine form of jabalí, from Andalusian Arabic جَبَلِي (in خِنْزِير جَبَلِيّ), from Arabic جَبَل. Cognate with Portuguese javalina, and similar in other Iberian languages.

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