babirusa

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See also: babi rusa

English

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Etymology

From scientific Latin babyroussa (later as specific name), and its source, Malay babi rusa, from babi (“pig”) + rusa (“deer”).

Noun

babirusa (plural babirusas)

  1. Any of several mammals in the genus Babyrousa in the pig family Suidae, in which the upper tusk grows upward.
    • 2018 May 17, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian‎:
      And there are wild pigs, babirusas, with wrinkled skin and impressive upper tusks that instead of growing down, grow up and backwards toward the skull.

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Indonesian

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Etymology

From babi (“pig”) +‎ rusa (“deer”), from the resemblance of the tusks to antlers.

Noun

babirusa (first-person possessive babirusaku, second-person possessive babirusamu, third-person possessive babirusanya)

  1. Buru babirusa, Babyrousa babyrussa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay babirusa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /babiˈɾusa/
  • Rhymes: -usa
  • Syllabification: ba‧bi‧ru‧sa

Noun

babirusa m (plural babirusas)

  1. babirusa

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