Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bab-uh-roo-suh, bah-buh-]
- /ˌbæb əˈru sə, ˌbɑ bə-/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [bab-uh-roo-suh, bah-buh-]
- /ˌbæb əˈru sə, ˌbɑ bə-/
Definitions of babirusa word
- noun babirusa a wild pig, Babyrousa babyrussa, inhabiting marshy forests in Indonesia. It has an almost hairless wrinkled skin and enormous curved canine teeth 3
- noun babirusa a wild pig (Babyrousa babyrussa) of the East Indies with backward-curving tusks: the upper pair grow through the middle of the snout 3
- noun babirusa an East Indian swine, Babyrousa babyrussa, the male of which has upper canine teeth growing upward through the roof of the mouth and curving toward the eyes, and lower canine teeth growing upward outside the upper jaw. 1
- noun babirusa A forest-dwelling wild pig with several upturned hornlike tusks, native to Malaysia. 1
- noun babirusa Any of several mammals in the genus Babyrousa in the pig family Suidae, in which the upper tusk grows upward. 0
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Origin of babirusa
First appearance:
before 1690 One of the 49% oldest English words
1690-1700; < Malay, equivalent to babi pig + rusa deer
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Parts of speech for Babirusa
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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babirusa popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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