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Definition of Collared peccary
1. Noun. Dark grey peccary with an indistinct white collar; of semi desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States.
Generic synonyms: Musk Hog, Peccary
Definition of Collared peccary
1. Noun. A small wild hog, ''Tayassu tajacu'', native to southern United States through to northern Argentina ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collared Peccary
Literary usage of Collared peccary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Peccary by Robin Arthur Donkin (1985)
"386 (white-lipped peccary in first place and collared peccary in sixth in terms of
... 124 (collared peccary in fifth place, white-lipped peccary not ..."
2. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"... for killing which a Saxon lost his eyes, under the rule of the Genauerer—and
the collared peccary, from South America—really a beautiful little pig, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... or tusks, differ in having their points directed downwards, not outwards or
The collared peccary ... of which the first is the collared peccary, ..."
4. The Life of Animals: The Mammals by Ernest Ingersoll (1907)
"There are two kinds, — the commoner collared peccary, ... The collared peccary
goes about in small bands, which make their home in wet thickets, ..."
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