javelina

/havəˈliːnə/

Etymology

From Spanish javalina, jabalina, feminine form of jabalí (“wild boar”), from Andalusian Arabic جَبَلِي (jabalī) (in خِنْزِير جَبَلِيّ (ḵinzīr jabaliyy, “mountain pig”)), from Arabic جَبَل (jabal, “mountain”). Cognate with Portuguese javalina, and similar in other Iberian languages.

noun

A peccary (Tayassuidae spp.), especially a collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu).“The Javelina (Peccari) is an animal peculiar so far as I know to Spanish America.”