javelina

javelina
/hah'veuh lee"neuh/, n.
See under peccary.
[1815-25, Amer. < AmerSp jabalina, Sp: fem of jabalín wild boar, dial. var. of JABALÍ < Ar (khinzir) jabali mountain (boar)]

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