Tayassu
noun
Ta·yas·su
təˈya(ˌ)sü
: a genus (the type of the family Tayassuidae) of American wild swine comprising the living peccaries and having a complex stomach, a gland on the back, and three toes on the hind feet compare suidae
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Portuguese taiaçu, taiaçú white-lipped peccary, from Tupi