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babirusas

babirusas is the plural 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

Phrases with babirusas

Questions about babirusas

What is babirusas the plural of?
Babirusas is the plural of babirusa.

Words near babirusas in the dictionary

  1. babirousa
  2. babirousas
  3. babiroussa
  4. babiroussas
  5. babirusa
  6. babirusas
  7. babirussa
  8. babirussas
  9. Babis
  10. babish
  11. babished

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