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BABIRUSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does babirusa mean? 

BABIRUSA (noun)
  The noun BABIRUSA has 1 sense:

1. Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teethplay

  Familiarity information: BABIRUSA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BABIRUSA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

babiroussa; babirusa; babirussa; Babyrousa Babyrussa

Hypernyms ("babirusa" is a kind of...):

swine (stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals)

Holonyms ("babirusa" is a member of...):

Babyrousa; genus Babyrousa (a genus of Suidae)


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