peccary/ˈpɛk.ə.ɹi/EtymologyFrom Kari'na pakira (“collared peccary”), from Proto-Cariban *pakira.nounAny of the family Tayassuidae of mammals from the Americas, related to pigs.“He says he drank rainwater collected in his shoes and ate worms and insects while hiding from jaguars and peccaries, a type of pig-like mammal.”