anitáaki ‘huangana’, the larger of the two peccary species, superficially [...]

Part of Speech	noun
Irregular Plural	anitaákiwa, anitaákika
Root	anitáaki

• • ‘huangana’, the larger of the two peccary species, superficially similar to a wild pig. The <anitáaki> was traditionally a very important game animal

  Scientific Name

  Tayassu pecari

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