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babirusa en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌbæbəˈɹuːsə/ (US)
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Etymology

From scientific Latin babyroussa (later as specific name), and its source, Malay babi rusa, from babi (“pig”) + rusa (“deer”).

Meanings

1. Any mammal in the genus Babyrousa in the pig family Suidae, in which the upper tusk grows upward.
   • And there are wild pigs, babirusas, with wrinkled skin and impressive upper tusks that instead of growing down, grow up and backwards toward the skull. 2018 May 17, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian:

Forms

Hyponyms

Malenge babirusa · Bola Batu babirusa · North Sulawesi babirusa · Buru babirusa

Synonyms

deer-pig · Indian hog · pig-deer

Translations (38)

fr babiroussa (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · it babirussa (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · be бабіру́са (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · gl babirusa (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · ca babirussa (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · pt babirussa (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · ro babirusa (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · ms babi rusa (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · de weiblicher Hirscheber (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · de Babirusa (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · eo babirusino (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · ar بَابِيرُوسَة (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · cmn 鹿豚 (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · bg бабиру́са (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · fi babirussa (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · nl babiroessa (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · eo babirusidino (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · tr Hint domuzu (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · de männlicher Hirscheber (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · el μπαμπιρούσα (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · eo virbabiruso (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · vi lợn hươu (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · cmn 鹿豬 /鹿猪 (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · ko 바비루사 (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · ga babarúsa (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · ru бабиру́сса (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · es babirusa (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · id babirusa (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · eo babirusido (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · pt babirussa (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · de Hirscheber (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · ro babirusă (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · eo babiruso (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · uk бабіру́са (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · ms kalowatan (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · eo virbabirusido (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · ja バビルサ (a member of the genus Babyrousa) · ja 鹿猪 (a member of the genus Babyrousa)