babirusa

UK: /ˌbɑːbɪˈruːsə/ US: (bab′ə ro̅o̅′sə, bä′bə-)

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bab•i•ru•sa  (bab′ə ro̅o̅′sə, bä′bə-), n. 

1. Mammals an East Indian swine, Babyrousa babyrussa, the male of which has upper canine teeth growing upward through the roof of the mouth and curving toward the eyes, and lower canine teeth growing upward outside the upper jaw.

Also, bab′i•rous′sa, bab′i•rus′sa. 

• Malay, equivalent. to babi pig + rusa deer
• 1690–1700

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babirusa / ˌbɑːbɪˈruːsə/ noun

1. a wild pig, Babyrousa babyrussa, inhabiting marshy forests in Indonesia. It has an almost hairless wrinkled skin and enormous curved canine teeth

Etymology: 17th Century: from Malay, from bābī hog + rūsa deer