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Definition of Babirussas
1. babirussa [n] - See also: babirussa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Babirussas
Literary usage of Babirussas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"... of additions to the Society's menagerie during the month of July had been 102,
among which special attention was called to a young pair of babirussas ..."
2. Arts of the World: Comparative Art Studies by Edwin Swift Balch (1920)
"They are carved into extraordinary shapes; some have huge tusks, like babirussas;
others have birds attached to them. There are also some smaller figures ..."
3. Taschenbuch zur Verbreitung geographischer Kenntnisse: Eine Übersicht des ...by Johann Gottfried Sommer by Johann Gottfried Sommer (1830)
"Menagerie mehre lebendige Thiere, namentlich zwei babirussas von, der Insel Cele-
bes, und für das Musce Dauphin eine Sammlung von allerlei Werkzeugen, ..."