Peccaries

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peccary \Pec"ca*ry\, n.; pl. {Peccaries}. [From the native South
     American name: cf. F. p['e]cari, Sp. pecar.] (Zool.)
     A pachyderm of the genus {Dicotyles}.
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     Note: The collared peccary, or tajacu ({Dicotyles


           torquatus}), is about the size and shape of a small
           hog, and has a white ring aroung the neck. It ranges
           from Arkansas to Brazil. A larger species ({Dicotyles
           labiatus}), with white cheeks, is found in South
           America.
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