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white-lipped peccary
[ hwahyt-lipt pek-uh-ree, wahyt‐ ]
noun
, plural white-lipped pec·ca·ries, (especially collectively) white-lipped pec·ca·ry.
- a brown or black peccary ( Tayassu pecari ) with short, sharp tusks, found in a range of habitats, especially rainforests, in Central and South America, where it travels great distances in herds in pursuit of fruit, the chief component of its diet: due mostly to excessive hunting by poachers and deforestation, the species is listed as vulnerable.
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Example Sentences
The white-lipped peccary herds in large numbers, migrating apparently in regular order in companies sometimes a thousand strong.
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