PECCARY

noun (plural -ries) Etymology: of Cariban origin; akin to Suriname Carib paki:ra ~ Date: 1697 any of several largely nocturnal gregarious American mammals resembling the related pigs: as, a grizzled animal ( Tayassu tajacu ) with an indistinct white collar, a blackish animal ( Tayassu pecari ) with a whitish mouth region