tajassu
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese tajaçu, apparently from an Old Tupi word for pig.
Noun[edit]
tajassu (plural tajassus)
- (zoology, dated) The common or collared peccary.
- 1915, George James Bruce, Brazil and the Brazilians:
- A herd of tajassus or peccaries is a dangerous thing to meet.
References[edit]
- “tajassu”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.