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Meaning of "white-lipped peccary" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WHITE-LIPPED PECCARY

white-lipped peccary  [ˈwaɪtˌlɪpt ˈpekərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHITE-LIPPED PECCARY

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White-Lipped peccary is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WHITE-LIPPED PECCARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

white-lipped peccary

White-lipped peccary

The white-lipped peccary, is a hog-like animal found in Central and South America. It roams in dense, humid, tropical rainforests and can also be found in drier savannas. It lives in herds of 20–300 individuals that on average take up about 120 km2 to fully function. This species is omnivorous, feeding mostly on fruit, and are usually found traveling great distances to obtain it. If this resource is in demand and difficult to find, peccaries will eat leaves, stems, or animal parts. White-lipped peccaries have several unique attributes that allow them to stay with and identify their herd, which is essential for their survival in the wild.

Definition of white-lipped peccary in the English dictionary

The definition of white-lipped peccary in the dictionary is a piglike artiodactyl mammal, Tayassu albirostris, of forests of southern North America, Central and South America: family Tayassuidae.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHITE-LIPPED PECCARY


apothecary
əˈpɒθɪkərɪ
bakery
ˈbeɪkərɪ
chicory
ˈtʃɪkərɪ
cookery
ˈkʊkərɪ
crockery
ˈkrɒkərɪ
daquiri
ˈdækərɪ
fakery
ˈfeɪkərɪ
flickery
ˈflɪkərɪ
geekery
ˈɡiːkərɪ
hackery
ˈhækərɪ
hickory
ˈhɪkərɪ
mockery
ˈmɒkərɪ
peccary
ˈpɛkərɪ
quackery
ˈkwækərɪ
rookery
ˈrʊkərɪ
Terpsichore
tɜːpˈsɪkərɪ
Thackeray
ˈθækərɪ
trickery
ˈtrɪkərɪ
vicary
ˈvɪkərɪ
Zachary
ˈzækərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHITE-LIPPED PECCARY

white-collar worker
white-eye
white-faced
white-footed mouse
white-fronted tern
white-haired
white-haired boy
white-hat
white-headed
white-headed boy
white-hot
white-knuckle
white-livered
White-Out
white-slaver
white-spotted hyla
white-tailed deer
white-tailed eagle
white-tie
white-trash

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHITE-LIPPED PECCARY

anniversary
bibliothecary
collared peccary
contemporary
diary
dictionary
elementary
February
formicary
Gary
Hungary
hypothecary
January
library
Mary
military
piscary
pothecary
scary
unscary

Synonyms and antonyms of white-lipped peccary in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «white-lipped peccary» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of white-lipped peccary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

白唇野猪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pecarí de labios blancos
570 millions of speakers

English

white-lipped peccary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सफेद ओंठों peccary
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأبيض الشفاه بقري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

белый губами пекари
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

branco - queixada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাদা লেপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lèvres blanches pécari
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pecah putih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weißlippige Pekari
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

白い唇のペッカリー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

흰색 입술 의 멧돼지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Putih-lipped peccary
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lợn lòi Pecari trắng - môi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெள்ளை லுப் பெசரிக்கர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पांढर्या रंगाचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Beyaz dudaklı peccary
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bianco dalle labbra peccary
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

biały wargach pekari
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

білий губами пекарі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alb cu buze pecari
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λευκό χείλη πέκαρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wit - lipped pekary
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

white- lipped peccary
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

white- lipped peccary
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of white-lipped peccary

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about white-lipped peccary

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHITE-LIPPED PECCARY»

Discover the use of white-lipped peccary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to white-lipped peccary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Peccary: With Observations on the Introduction of Pigs ...
1965) more meat than fish was consumed; however, the white-lipped peccary ranked only ninth by weight (3.10 percent) and the collared peccary third (16.5 percent).98 Likewise, the collared peccary was found to occupy a higher rank among ...
R. A. Donkin, 1985
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Social Ecology of the White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu Pecari) ...
The white-lipped peccary (WLP) is a social ungulate that forms the largest groups documented for any tropical forest ungulate species.
Rafael Angel Reyna Hurtado, 2007
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Languages of the Amazon
A hunter will say 9.40, if he SAW fresh tracks of a white-lipped peccary a short time ago. The experiential evidential reflects the fact that he saw the tracks. What the inferred evidential reflects is that the tracks are the basis for inference that the  ...
Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd, 2012
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Mammals, Amphibians, and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Field Guide
White-lipped Peccary adult Tayassu pecari Costa Rican name: Cariblanco. 2/23 trips; 2 sightings. Total length: 45.3–49.2 inches, including 2.0-inch tail. Weight: 55 pounds 2 ounces–75 pounds (25.0–34.0 kilograms). Range: Southern Mexico  ...
Carrol L. Henderson, 2010
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The Genetics of the Pig
There are three recognized extant peccary species that are distributed on the American continent: Catagonus wagneri (Chacoan peccary), Tayassu pecari ( white-lipped peccary) and Pecari tajacu (collared peccary) (Grubb, 1993a).
Max Frederick Rothschild, Anatoly Ruvinsky, 2011
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People in Nature: Wildlife Conservation in South and Central ...
White-lipped peccary, collared peccary, and lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) had the greatest amount of meat extracted from the representative forest sites ( Bodmer and Pezo 2001). ECONOMICS OF WILDLIFE FOR THE RURAL SECTOR OF ...
Kirsten M. Silvius, Richard E. Bodmer, José M. V. Fragoso, 2013
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Ritual and Belief: Readings in the Anthropology of Religion
Unlike Wari', the Kulina system carries this cycle one step further: white-lipped peccary meat becomes the souls of Kulina babies. 25. Kiltie observed that “[w] hite-lippeds are distinctive among all the terrestrial herbivorous mammals in ...
David Hicks, 2010
8
Wildlife of Mexico: The Game Birds and Mammals
In southern Mexico, as throughout Central America, the white-lipped peccary is hunted assiduously for its highly edible meat and durable hide. Dal- quest ( 1949 ) indicates that in southern Veracruz hunters sometimes travel far in pursuit of this  ...
Aldo Starker Leopold, 1959
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Field Guide to the Wildlife of Costa Rica
White-lipped Peccary adult PECCARY FAMILY (Tayassuidae) White-lipped Peccary Tayassu pecari (Dicotyles pecan) COSTA RICAN NAME: Cariblanco. 2/ 15 trips; 2 sightings. TOTAL LENGTH: 45.3-49.2 inches, including 2.o-inch tail.
‎2002
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Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Forests
To examine whether the age structure of the white-lipped peccary population at Rio das Mortas (figure 19-5) exhibits a clear response to hunting, we compared the age structure to that of white-lipped peccary populations at two well-studied ...
John G. Robinson, Elizabeth L. Bennett, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHITE-LIPPED PECCARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term white-lipped peccary is used in the context of the following news items.
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Identidad Madidi: Exploring the Fantastic Biodiversity of Bolivia
... size it is also a global stronghold for many of Latin America´s most charismatic wildlife, including Andean condor, Andean bear, jaguar, white-lipped peccary, ... «National Geographic, Jul 15»
2
71 Unedited photos show wild animals in Guatemala's biosphere
The exhibit includes 45 species of mammals and birds, some of them listed as near extinction, like jaguars, tapirs and the white-lipped peccary, Rony Garcia, ... «Fox News Latino, Apr 15»
3
Private Reserves Support National Parks in Big Cat Conservation
White-lipped peccary populations were reduced to a tenth of what had been recorded in 1990 (when monitoring activities began) – the smallest population ... «National Geographic, Jul 14»
4
Sustainable Ranching: Where Cows and Capybara Roam (Op-Ed)
In the course of a single day and night, I saw hyacinth and blue-and-yellow macaws, brocket deer, white-lipped peccary, rhea, jabiru stork, roseate spoonbill, ... «LiveScience.com, Apr 14»
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Jaguars in Argentine Chaco on verge of local extinction
... giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus), white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), the endemic Chacoan peccary (Chacoan wagneri), and puma (Puma concolor). «Mongabay.com, Dec 13»
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White-lipped peccary trails lead to archeological discovery in Brazil
While tracking white-lipped peccaries and gathering environmental data in forests that link Brazil's Pantanal and Cerrado biomes, a team of researchers from the ... «Phys.Org, Nov 13»
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White-lipped peccary leads researchers to ancient cave paintings in …
(UPI) -- Researchers following the the white-lipped peccary were surprised to find themselves amid cave paintings made by hunter-gatherers thousands of years ... «UPI.com, Nov 13»
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Lizard, skink and fish declared extinct as porpoise and snails cling to …
The White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari) - a member of the pig family found in Central and South America - has declined by 89% in Costa Rica and 84% in ... «Wildlife Extra, Jul 13»
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Sushi for Peccaries?
Newswise — It turns out the white-lipped peccary—a piglike animal from Central and South America—will settle for fish when fruits (its main food) are no longer ... «Newswise, Apr 13»
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Brazil's Atlantic forests lose key species
And the white-lipped peccary, a species closely related to pigs, has been completely wiped out there, the assessment shows. The study, by a team of ecologists ... «Nature.com, Aug 12»

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