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  • noun Plural form of javelina.

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Examples

  • Other petroglyphs portray animals that inhabit the area, such as javelinas, rattlesnakes and gila monsters.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Michael Shapiro 2010

  • Various animals such as javelinas, hawks, desert tortoises and bobcats also inhabit the area.

    unknown title 2009

  • [FOOTNOTE 38: javeli -- native wild pigs of the Sonoran desert, more often called javelinas, prized by hunters because of their ferocity.

    Heart of the West [Annotated] O. Henry 1886

  • Here in Northern Mexico we use to feed the deer with corn, but in my experience, the feeders are not that effective, except to atract racoons and javelinas (they get so adicted to it that you have to literally kick them off).

    Seven Reasons to Stop Baiting Whitetails Now 2009

  • The Bormans had seen other native wildlife before -- javelinas, bobcats, coyotes, diamondback rattlesnakes -- but never mountain lions.

    Ariz. golf course hole is par 5 and 3 mountain lions 2011

  • For anyone who hasn't bow hunted hogs and javelinas ... it's more fun, more excitement, and more fast-paced, than any other type of hunting!

    A Huntress in Congress? 2009

  • Hogs, javelinas, bob cat, jack rabbits, armadillos ... and 90 degree weather. whoohooo!!!!

    A Huntress in Congress? 2009

  • Here in Northern Mexico we use to feed the deer with corn, but in my experience, the feeders are not that effective, except to atract racoons and javelinas (they get so adicted to it that you have to literally kick them off).

    Seven Reasons to Stop Baiting Whitetails Now 2009

  • Hogs, javelinas, bob cat, jack rabbits, armadillos ... and 90 degree weather. whoohooo!!!!

    A Huntress in Congress? 2009

  • For anyone who hasn't bow hunted hogs and javelinas ... it's more fun, more excitement, and more fast-paced, than any other type of hunting!

    A Huntress in Congress? 2009

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