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pec⋅ca⋅ry

[pek-uh-ree]
–noun, plural -ries, (especially collectively) -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.

Origin:
1605–15; < Carib
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pec·ca·ry   (pěk'ə-rē)   
n.   pl. pec·ca·ries
Any of several piglike hoofed mammals of the family Tayassuidae, found in North, Central, and South America and having long, dark, dense bristles.

[Ultimately from Carib pakira.]
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peccary 
"pig-like animal of S.America," 1613, from Carib (Guiana or Venezuela) pakira, paquira.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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