Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Peccary \Pec"ca*ry\, n.; pl. {Peccaries}. [From the native South
   American name: cf. F. p['e]cari, Sp. pecar.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A pachyderm of the genus {Dicotyles}.

   Note: The collared peccary, or tajacu ({Dicotyles
         torquatus}), is about the size and shape of a small
         hog, and has a white ring aroung the neck. It ranges
         from Arkansas to Brazil. A larger species ({D.
         labiatus}), with white cheeks, is found in South
         America.