Tayassu

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Etymology

Possibly from Old Tupi tai wasu (“big tooth”).[1]

Proper noun

Tayassu ?

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tayassuidae – the peccaries.

References

  1. ^ A. B. H. Ferreira, Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, second edition (Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1986), page 1530
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