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Definition: Babirusa |
BabirusaNoun1. Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "babirusa" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Synonyms: BabirusaSynonyms: babiroussa (n), babirussa (n). (additional references) |
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| Babirousa babyrussa |
The Babirusa or pig-deer, Babirousa babyrussa, is the sole member of its genus. It belongs to the pig family.
The Babirusa is a shy animal living in Indonesia. It is found in tropical forests and canebreaks, and on the shores of rivers and lakes. It has two pairs of tusks and a nearly hairless hide.
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Crosswords: Babirusa |
| Non-English Usage: "Babirusa" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Spanish (babiroussa, babirusa). |
| "Babirusa" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "Babirusa" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.67% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
babirusa | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "babirusa"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | babirussa (babiroussa, babirussa), hjortesvin (babiroussa, babirussa). (various references) | |
Dutch | babiroesa (babiroussa, babirussa), hertzwijn (babiroussa, babirussa). (various references) | |
French | Babirussa (babiroussa, babirussa), babiroussa (babiroussa, babirussa). (various references) | |
German | Barbirusa, Hirscheber, Celebes-Hirscheber (babiroussa, babirussa). (various references) | |
Greek | ινδική χοιρέλαφος (babiroussa, babirussa), χοίροσ των ανατολικών ινδίων, ελαφόχοιρος. (various references) | |
Italian | babirussa (babiroussa, babirussa). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abirusabay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | babirussa (babiroussa, babirussa). (various references) | |
Spanish | babirusa (babiroussa, babirussa). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Babirussa babirussa, Babyrussa babyrussa. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "babirusa": babirusas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-i-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: airbus, busbar, rabbis, urbias. | |
-3 letters: abbas, abris, arias, auras, auris, babas, babus, barbs, buras, burbs, bursa, rabbi, raias, sabir, sabra, urbia. | |
-4 letters: abas, abba, abri, airs, arbs, aria, aura, baas, baba, babu, barb, bars, bias, bibs, bras, bris, bubs, bura, burs, isba, raia, rias, ribs, rubs, sari, sibb, suba, sura, urbs, ursa. | |
-5 letters: aas, aba, abs, air, ais, arb, ars, baa, bar, bas, bib, bis, bra, bub, bur, bus, ras, ria, rib, rub, sab, sau, sib, sir, sri, sub, urb. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-b-i-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: babirusas. | |
+4 letters: barbiturates, sublibrarian. | |
+5 letters: sublibrarians, submandibular. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 62 69 72 75 73 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- -... .. .-. ..- ... .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01100010 01101001 01110010 01110101 01110011 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a b i r u s a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0062 0069 0072 0075 0073 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3667687584878567 |
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