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Definition of Peccaries
1. peccary [n] - See also: peccary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peccaries
Literary usage of Peccaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1903)
"The Generic names of the peccaries, Northern Fur Seal, and Sea Leopard. Dr.
Gill's ruling* about the names of the peccaries surely introduces a very ..."
2. Exploring and Travelling Three Thousand Miles Through Brazil from Rio de by James William Wells (1887)
"... awkward situation—peccaries v. dogs—An obstructed route—The valley again—Preparations
to receive the enemy—The camp—The attack of the peccaries—A fierce ..."
3. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"peccaries are the American representatives of the pig family and take the place
of the wild boars of Europe. Like many other products of the western ..."
4. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"peccaries are the American representatives of the pig family and take the place
of the wild boars of Europe. Like many other products of the western ..."
5. The Peccary--with Observations on the Introduction of Pigs to the New World by R. A. Donkin (1985)
"Tame or penned peccaries and trade in peccaries. (D*t-*-Sh^»nI, ... peccaries
encountered in villages have often been described as "pets," being cared for ..."
6. An Introduction to Physical Geography by Grove Karl Gilbert, Albert Perry Brigham (1902)
"Distribution of the caribous, white-tail deer, and peccaries. The summer range
of the barren-ground caribou is shown by blue ; the range of the woodland ..."
7. Travels in South America: From the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean by Paul Marcoy (1875)
"The author has to brave a danger which will make more than one of his fair readers,
with a sensitive nature, tremble for him.—Auto-da-fe of peccaries. ..."
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