The babiroussa is a species of wild hog, peculiar to the islands of Eastern Asia, and remarkable, in the male animal, for the extraordinary growth and direction of the canine teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883] Reference
The skull of a babiroussa, with the teeth fully developed, is in the possession of Mr. Bartlett, the able superintendent of the. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883] Reference
A good English dictionary includes, for example, such exotic words as babirussa (or babiroussa), a wild hog of the East Indies also known as staghog; peccary (or pecari), a nocturnal gregarious wild swine of the genus Tayyassu which is native to the western hemisphere; wart-hog, an African wild hog of the genus Phacochoerus; boshvark. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 2] Reference
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