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单词 babirusa
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Definition of babirusa in English:

babirusa

noun ˌbɑːbɪˈruːsəˌbab-
  • A forest-dwelling wild pig with several upturned hornlike tusks, native to Malaysia.

    东南亚疣猪,鹿豚

    Babyrousa babyrussa, family Suidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The babirusa's elaborate upper tusks are the upper canine teeth, whose sockets are reversed, so they grow vertically up through the skin of the snout.
    • I imagined the millions of fig seeds dispersed through the forest by big - tusked babirusas or dropped from the canopy by far-ranging hornbills and macaques.
    • Fruits close to the ground are gobbled by babirusas (forest pigs), deer and other earth-bound animals.
    • Also, there was a sequence of this weird-looking pig from Indonesia called the babirusa, that I'd never heard of.
    • They also hunted wild pigs as well as the babirusa or pig deer, so named because of their long legs and elongated tusks that curl over the head, at first glance like horns.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Malay, from babi 'hog' + rusa 'deer'.

Rhymes

Abu Musa, Appaloosa, inducer, introducer, juicer, producer, reducer, rusa, seducer, sprucer, traducer

Definition of babirusa in US English:

babirusa

nounˌbab-
  • A forest-dwelling wild pig with several upturned hornlike tusks, native to Malaysia.

    东南亚疣猪,鹿豚

    Babyrousa babyrussa, family Suidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Fruits close to the ground are gobbled by babirusas (forest pigs), deer and other earth-bound animals.
    • They also hunted wild pigs as well as the babirusa or pig deer, so named because of their long legs and elongated tusks that curl over the head, at first glance like horns.
    • Also, there was a sequence of this weird-looking pig from Indonesia called the babirusa, that I'd never heard of.
    • I imagined the millions of fig seeds dispersed through the forest by big - tusked babirusas or dropped from the canopy by far-ranging hornbills and macaques.
    • The babirusa's elaborate upper tusks are the upper canine teeth, whose sockets are reversed, so they grow vertically up through the skin of the snout.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Malay, from babi ‘hog’ + rusa ‘deer’.

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