Tayassu
Translingual
Wikispecies
Etymology
Possibly from Old Tupi tai wasu (“big tooth”).[1]
Proper noun
Tayassu ?
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tayassuidae – the peccaries.
References
- A. B. H. Ferreira, Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, second edition (Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1986), page 1530