peccary
noun [ C ] uk/ˈpek.ər.i/ us/ˈpek.ər.i/
西貒，貒猪
an animal that looks similar to a pig, found in the southwestern US and in Central and South America
Nicaragua's fauna includes mammals such as pumas, jaguars, various monkeys, deer, and peccaries. 尼加拉瓜的动物群包括美洲狮、美洲豹、各种猴子、鹿和貒猪这样的哺乳动物。
The big game that made up most of the protein in the diet of the Embera people - the tapir, the collared peccary, the white-lipped peccary - is gone. 构成恩贝拉人饮食中大部分蛋白质的大型猎物都已经消失了，如貘、领西貒、白唇西貒等。
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- Whole jaws of deer and peccary were occasionally found.
- Visitors will encounter mountain lions perched on a ledge and peccaries rooting about on the ground.
- Seeds under leaf litter are more accessible to other seed predators, such as peccaries and insects.