bab·i·ru·sa also bab·i·rus·sa (b b  -r  s, bäb-)n. Any of several wild pigs of the genus Babyrousa of Indonesia, having long, upward-curving tusks in the male. [Malay babirusa : babi, hog + rusa, deer.] |
babirusa [ˌbɑːbɪˈruːsə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a wild pig, Babyrousa babyrussa, inhabiting marshy forests in Indonesia. It has an almost hairless wrinkled skin and enormous curved canine teeth
[from Malay, from bābī hog +]
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| Noun | 1. |  babirusa - Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teethswine - stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals Babyrousa, genus Babyrousa - a genus of Suidae |
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