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javelina

/havəˈliːnə/

javelina noun: a peccary (Tayassuidae spp.), especially a collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu).

Noun

javelina (plural javelinas)

  1. (Canada, US) A peccary (Tayassuidae spp.), especially a collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu).
    • The Javelina (Peccari) is an animal peculiar so far as I know to Spanish America.1831, Benjamin Lundy, editor, The Genius of Universal Emancipation, page 117
    • Some well-mounted heads of deer and one of an enormous black javeli projected from the walls.1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: John Wanamaker, →ISSN, page 174, column 2

javelina meaning in Tamil

javelina in Tamil

இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும்

Forms of javelina

pluraljavelinas
alternative formjabalina
alternative formjaveli

Origin of javelina

From Spanish javalina, jabalina, feminine form of jabalí (“wild boar”), from Andalusian Arabic جَبَلِي (jabalī) (in خِنْزِير جَبَلِيّ (ḵinzīr jabaliyy, “mountain pig”)), from Arabic جَبَل (jabal, “mountain”). Cognate with Portuguese javalina, and similar in other Iberian languages.

Questions about javelina

What does javelina mean?
Javelina means a peccary (Tayassuidae spp.), especially a collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu).
What is javelina in Tamil?
Javelina in Tamil is இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும். See Javelina meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is javelina?
Javelina is a noun.
How do you pronounce javelina?
Javelina is pronounced /havəˈliːnə/ (UK).
What is the plural of javelina?
The plural of javelina is javelinas.

Words near javelina in the dictionary

  1. javelin sand boas
  2. javelin throw
  3. javelin thrower
  4. javelin throwers
  5. javelin throws
  6. javelina
  7. javelinas
  8. javelined
  9. javelineer
  10. javelineers
  11. javelinfish

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