javelina

(hä′və lē)

noun

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

See javelina in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of Spanish jabalina

Origin: , feminine of jabalí, jabalín, wild boar

Origin: , from Arabic (ḫinzīr) jabalī, mountain (swine)

Origin: , from jabal, mountain; see gbl in Semitic roots

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