babirusa

(bab′ə ro̵̅o̅sə, bä′bə-)

or babiroussa or babirussa

noun

a wild pig (Babyrousa babyrussa) of the East Indies with backward-curving tusks: the upper pair grow through the middle of the snout

Origin: Malay babi, hog + rusa, deer

See babirusa in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also bab·i·rus·sa

noun
Any of several wild pigs of the genus Babyrousa of Indonesia, having long, upward-curving tusks in the male.

Origin:

Origin: Malay babirusa

Origin: : babi, hog

Origin: + rusa, deer

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