Definition/Meaning of javelina

• English - Noun: javelina ( plural javelinas ) ( US ) The peccary , especially the collared peccary 1831 , The Genius of Universal Emancipation , Benjamin Lundy, ed . p . 117: The Javelina (Peccari) is an animal peculiar so far as I know to Spanish America . about 1900 , O . Henry , Hygeia at the Solito Some well-mounted heads of deer and one of an enormous black javeli projected from the walls . References ^…
• English - Alternative forms: javeli
• English - Etymology: Early 19th century , from Spanish jabalina ( “ female wild boar ” ), from jabalí , from Andalusian Arabic جبلي ( jabalÄ« ), from Arabic خنزير ( ḵinzÄ«r , “ pig ” ) جبلي ( jabalÄ« , “ of the mountains ” ), from جبل ( jábal , “ mountain ” ). Cognate to Portuguese javalina , and similar in other Iberian languages .
• Catalan - Noun: javelina  f ( plural javelines ) javelin