təˈya(ˌ)sü noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Portuguese taiaçu, taiaçú white-lipped peccary, from Tupi
: a genus (the type of the family Tayassuidae) of American wild swine comprising the living peccaries and having a complex stomach, a gland on the back, and three toes on the hind feet — compare suidae