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- noun a recently discovered large wild pig of Paraguay
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vendingmachine commented on the word chiacoan peccary
Discovered how recently?
February 22, 2023
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February 22, 2023
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February 22, 2023
vendingmachine commented on the word chiacoan peccary
Thanks, Erin.
random word is one of my favorite aspects of wordnik. And chiacoan peccary is a good example of how fun and random this feature can be!
February 22, 2023
vendingmachine commented on the word chiacoan peccary
"The Chacoan peccary has the unusual distinction of having been first described in 1930 based on fossils and was originally thought to be an extinct species. In 1971, the animal was discovered to still be alive in the Chaco region, in the Argentine province of Salta. The species was well known to the native people, but it took a while for Western scientists to acknowledge its existence. It is known locally as the tagua."
February 22, 2023