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‖ tayassu, tayaçu|tɑːjəˈsuː|
Also tajacu, tajassu.
[Tupi tayaˈçu (Diaz Dicc. Ling. Tupy 1858), = tania-eater, f. taña, taja, tania + çu to eat.]
The common or collared peccary, Dicotyles torquatus (D. tajacu).
[1580De Lery Voy. Brésil 312 Taiasou, sanglier du pays. 1648Marcgrave Hist. Nat. Brasil. vi. vii. 229 Tajaçu Brasiliensibus, porcus est silvestris.] 1698Tyson in Phil. Trans. XX. 137 The Tajacu, or the Mexico Musk Hog. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. III. 183 That animal which..most resembles an hog,..is called the Peccary, or Tajacu. |