babiroussa
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French babiroussa, from Malay babi rusa (“babiroussa, deer hog”).
Noun
babiroussa (plural babiroussas)
- Any large hoglike quadruped, of the genus Babyrousa, found in the East Indies, sometimes domesticated, with its upper canine teeth or tusks large and recurved.
- Synonym: Indian hog
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.bi.ʁu.sa/
Further reading
- “babiroussa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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