- tayassuid
- ta·yas·su·id
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tayassuid
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tayassuid — I. asəwə̇d adjective Etymology: New Latin Tayassuidae, family of wild swine, from Tayassu, type genus + idae : of or relating to the genus Tayassu or family Tayassuidae II. noun ( s) : a swine of the genus … Useful english dictionary
Great American Interchange — The Great American Interchange was an important paleozoogeographic event in which land and freshwater fauna migrated from North America via Central America to South America and vice versa, as the volcanic Isthmus of Panama rose up from the sea… … Wikipedia
Kenyapotamus — Taxobox name = Kenyapotamus fossil range = Middle Miocene to Late Miocene regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Hippopotamidae subfamilia = Kenyapotaminae genus = Kenyapotamus genus authority =… … Wikipedia
peccary — /pek euh ree/, n., pl. peccaries, (esp. collectively) peccary. any of several piglike hoofed mammals of the genus Tayassu, of North and South America, as T. tajacu (collared peccary, or javelina), having a dark gray coat with a white collar.… … Universalium
