tajassu

tajassu

English

Etymology

From Portuguese tajaçu, apparently from a Old Tupi word for pig.

Noun

tajassu (plural tajassus)

1. (zoology, dated) The common or collared peccary.
   • 1915, George James Bruce, Brazil and the Brazilians

     A herd of tajassus or peccaries is a dangerous thing to meet.

References

• tajassu in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.