babirussa

HYPHEN

bab=i=rus=sa

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun babirussa has 1 sense

babirussa(n = noun.animal) babiroussa, babirusa, babyrousa babyrussa - Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth;

is a kind of swine

is a member of babyrousa, genus babyrousa

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CIDE DICTIONARY

babirussa, n. [F. babiroussa, fr. Malay bābī hog + r deer.].

A large hoglike quadruped (Sus babirussa, syn. Porcus babirussa) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved. [1913 Webster]