Definitions for peccary

peccary pec·ca·ry

Spelling: [pek-uh-ree]
IPA: /ˈpɛk ə ri/

Peccary is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 140 anagrams from letters in peccary (accepry).

Definitions for peccary

noun

  1. any of several piglike hoofed mammals of the genus Tayassu, of North and South America, as T. tajacu (collared peccary, or javelina) having a dark gray coat with a white collar.

Origin of peccary

Borrowed into English from Carib around 1605-15

Examples for peccary

The mode in which the peccary forms its lair is very singular.

The peccary, having its snout tied up, was unable to squeak.

On that raft was tied a bit of peccary meat, the only morsel of food he had in the world.

These are the haunts of the peccary, the red forest deer, and the jungle cat.

It passed close under our stern, and we saw it was a peccary.

It is there known as the “vaquira,” whence our word “peccary.”

A pig's an obstinate critter at his best, an' a peccary's a pig at his worst!

It has been said that the peccary is totally devoid of fear.

Farther than to eat their fruit, the forest trees are of no use to the peccary.

But I had never yet killed a peccary; in fact, had never seen one.

Word Value for peccary
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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