babirusa
/bab-uh-roo-suh, bah-buh-/US // ˌbæb əˈru sə, ˌbɑ bə- //UK // (ˌbɑːbɪˈruːsə) //
巴比鲁萨,巴比鲁沙,巴比鲁斯
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an East Indian swine, Babyrousa babyrussa, the male of which has upper canine teeth growing upward through the roof of the mouth and curving toward the eyes, and lower canine teeth growing upward outside the upper jaw.
Examples
Unlike ordinary wild pigs, the babirusa produces uniformly coloured young.
Next day we started with our friend into the neighbouring forest, in chase of the babirusa or pig-deer.
I also obtained a skull of the babirusa, one specimen of which was killed by native hunters during my residence at Cajeli.
At this time the babirusa may have entered Bouru, since it probably swims as well as its allies the pigs.
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