[hah-vuh-lee-nuh] 
| See under peccary. |
[pek-uh-ree] ) -ry. | any of several piglike hoofed mammals of the genus Tayassu, of North and South America, as T. tajacu (collared peccary, or javelina), having a dark gray coat with a white collar. |
| collared peccary n. A small wild hog (Tayassu tajacu) with a range from the southwest United States to northern Argentina, having a gray and black coat with a white band from the back to the chest. Also called javelina. |
| ja·ve·li·na (hä'və-lē'nə) n. See collared peccary. [Alteration of Spanish jabalina, feminine of jabalí, jabalín, wild boar, from Arabic (ḫinzīr) jabalī, mountain (swine), from jabal, mountain; see gbl in Semitic roots.] |