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BABIRUSSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does babirussa mean?
• BABIRUSSA (noun)
The noun BABIRUSSA has 1 sense:
1. Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth
Familiarity information: BABIRUSSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
babiroussa; babirusa; babirussa; Babyrousa Babyrussa
Hypernyms ("babirussa" is a kind of...):
swine (stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals)
Holonyms ("babirussa" is a member of...):
Babyrousa; genus Babyrousa (a genus of Suidae)
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