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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 teeth
Familiarity information: BABIRUSA 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 ("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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