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    MUSK HOG

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    musk hog; peccary

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("musk hog" is a kind of...):

    artiodactyl; artiodactyl mammal; even-toed ungulate (placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "musk hog"):

    collared peccary; javelina; Peccari angulatus; Tayassu angulatus; Tayassu tajacu (dark grey peccary with an indistinct white collar; of semi desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States)

    Tayassu pecari; white-lipped peccary (blackish peccary with whitish cheeks; larger than the collared peccary)

    Chiacoan peccary (a recently discovered large wild pig of Paraguay)

    Holonyms ("musk hog" is a member of...):

    genus Pecari; genus Tayassu; Tayassu (type genus of the Tayassuidae)

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