white-lipped peccary

9.9

A large wild pig from Central and South America with black fur, pale cheeks, often in large herds

noun
/ˈwaɪtˌlɪpt ˈpɛkəri/

: pecarí de labios blancos

Researchers tracked the migration patterns of the white-lipped peccary throughout the national park.

Examples

Unlike the collared peccary, the white-lipped peccary has strikingly pale cheeks.
The rainforest is home to the elusive white-lipped peccary, often seen moving in large herds.
Look at that white-lipped peccary!
The white-lipped peccary is often found in herds.
The white-lipped peccary is known for its distinctive white cheeks and strong social bonds within its herd.
In Central America, the white-lipped peccary often travels in groups to forage for food in the forest.
The white-lipped peccary is larger than the collared peccary, making it a notable species in the wild pig family.

Synonyms

Tayassu pecari

vswhite-lipped peccary

Specialized

9.9

A large wild pig-like animal with white cheeks from Central and South America

is the everyday common name for the same species rather than the Latin form

Surface Forms

white-lipped peccary singular

white-lipped peccaries plural

Morphology

white-lipped + peccary

The compound is a straightforward descriptive modifier + noun: 'white-lipped' denotes having white lips and 'peccary' is a pig-like mammal, so the overall meaning is simply a peccary with white lips. This follows a common English adjective-noun composition and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

White-lipped peccary was named after people saw a piglike animal with a pale patch around its mouth — white-lipped — and used the local word peccary for the animal, so the name means 'a peccary with white lips'. That's why white-lipped peccary now refers to the large wild pig with pale cheeks found in Central and South America.