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javelina definition

☆ jav·eli·na (hä′və lē′nə)

noun

peccary

Etymology: Sp jabalina, wild sow, fem. of jabalí, boar < Ar (khinzīr) jabalī, lit., mountain (pig) < jabal, mountain

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