/ ˈpekəri; NAmE / ( pl. -ies ) noun
an animal like a pig, which lives in the southern US, Mexico and Central and S America
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from Carib pakira .
/ ˈpekəri; NAmE / ( pl. -ies ) noun
an animal like a pig, which lives in the southern US, Mexico and Central and S America
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from Carib pakira .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005