Băb'i-rōus'să, n.

(rōōs'să), n. [Fr. babiroussa, barbiroussa, N. Lat. sus babirussa, barbirussa, from Malay bābi, hog, and rŭsa, deer.] (Zoöl.) A species of the family Suidæ, found in Asia, and called also the Indian or Abyssinian hog. Its upper canine teeth are enormously developed, ascending upward and curving back upon themselves. Baird.