Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The South American peccary, Dicotyles labiatus.
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Examples
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As devastating as she is in that section, Govind is wickedly funny in the next, a javali, or lighthearted, expressive piece.
Priyadarsini Govind and Nrityagram Dance Ensemble offer intense Indian dance 2011
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Japanese, 41. javali, 334. jefe politico -- drunk, 328;
In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895
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At one end are fixed two teeth of a javali, or white-lipped peccary (_Dicotyles labiatus_), on which the reed is rested when taking aim.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853
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In several parts of America the hunters believe in the existence of a javali, or native boar with tusks curved outwardly.
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In another instant, they were on the ground; and their revolvers, playing rapidly, soon thinned the ranks of the javali, and caused the survivors to retreat grunting and screaming into the thicket.
The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850
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Coming out on the edge of a little glade, I became spectator to a singular scene -- a battle between the red cougar and a band of javali.
The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850
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The horned lizard (_agama cornuta_), the ground rattlesnake, the shell-covered armadillo, and the ever-present coyote, alone inhabit these dry jungles; and now and then the javali (_dicotyles torquatus_), feeding upon the twisted legumes of the "tornillo," passes through their midst; but even these are rare; and the traveller may ride for scores of miles through a Mexican chapparal without encountering aught that lives and moves.
The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850
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With delight my eyes rested upon his buckskin-leggings, his bead-embroidered moccasins, his pendent collar of javali-tusks, his eagle-plumes stained red, and the ample robe of jaguar-skins that draped his back -- all pleased me much.
The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850
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Alas! through that tangled thicket the javali could go as fast as he; and after advancing a hundred yards or so, I perceived the whole flock still around me, assailing as fiercely as ever the limbs of my steed.
The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850
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America the hunters believe in the existence of a javali, or native boar with tusks curved outwardly.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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