javelina

Meaning

A peccary (Tayassuidae spp.), especially a collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu).

Synonyms

collared peccary

Peccari angulatus

Tayassu angulatus

Tayassu tajacu

peccary

wild pig

musk hog

Translations

pécari à collier

Tayassu tajacu

Pecari tajacu

caititu

javalina

pecari de collar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/havəˈliːnə/

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese: javalina

In summary

From Spanish javalina, jabalina, feminine form of jabalí (“wild boar”), from Andalusian Arabic جَبَلِي (jabalī) (in خِنْزِير جَبَلِيّ (ḵinzīr jabaliyy, “mountain pig”)), from Arabic جَبَل (jabal, “mountain”). Cognate with Portuguese javalina, and similar in other Iberian languages.