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babiroussa

babiroussa is the alternative 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 babiroussa

pluralbabiroussas

Origin of babiroussa

From French babiroussa, from Malay babi rusa (“babiroussa, deer hog”).

Questions about babiroussa

What is babiroussa the alternative form of?
Babiroussa is the alternative form of babirusa.

Words near babiroussa in the dictionary

  1. babions
  2. BABIP
  3. BABIPs
  4. babirousa
  5. babirousas
  6. babiroussa
  7. babiroussas
  8. babirusa
  9. babirusas
  10. babirussa
  11. babirussas

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