peccary
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The costumes of the cachaceros, representing Africans, are phantasmagoric confections of old jaguar pelts, caiman skulls and peccary teeth.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024
In their native language, Yawanawá means “white-lipped peccary people.”
From Scientific American • Apr. 19, 2022
So does the white-lipped peccary, a shy pig that tends to disappear quickly when there’s hunting pressure.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2021
Pablo Maniguaje, an indigenous Siona man, is wearing a white-sleeved tunic and peccary tooth necklace.
From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2019
Bottom: A peccary can be ferocious when threatened and makes a rattling sound by chattering its teeth to scare off predators.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
