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Babiroussa

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Etymology

French babiroussa, from Malay babi hog + rusa deer.

  1. (Zoological) A large hoglike quadruped (Sus , or Porcus, babirussa ) of the East Indies , sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved.



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