tajassu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese tajaçu, apparently from an Old Tupi word for pig.

Noun

tajassu (plural tajassus)

1. (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

• “tajassu”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.