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babirousa

babirousa is the archaic form of babirusa.

Meaning of babirusa

Noun

babirusa (plural babirusas)

  1. Any mammal in the genus Babyrousa in the pig family Suidae, in which the upper tusk grows upward.
    • And there are wild pigs, babirusas, with wrinkled skin and impressive upper tusks that instead of growing down, grow up and backwards toward the skull.2018 May 17, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    deer-pig, pig-deer, Indian hog

Forms of babirousa

pluralbabirousas

Questions about babirousa

What is babirousa the archaic form of?
Babirousa is the archaic form of babirusa.

Words near babirousa in the dictionary

  1. Babinski-Nageotte syndrome
  2. babion
  3. babions
  4. BABIP
  5. BABIPs
  6. babirousa
  7. babirousas
  8. babiroussa
  9. babiroussas
  10. babirusa
  11. babirusas

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