n. any of several piglike hoofed mammals of the genus Tayassu, of North and South America.
Thanks to the Random House dictionary for this definition, and thanks to John for today’s word. In response to my question about the what sort of animal a peccadillo might resemble, John suggested a baby peccary. I had never heard of such a thing, so I looked it up. It looks like this. I feel like I saw this guy (or his cousin) at the San Diego Wild Animal Park but I’m not sure it was not some other sort of porcine creature (note the use of porcine, for while the peccary resembles a pig, it is not one).
According to Wikipedia, peccaries differ from pigs in that they are are omnivorous. Additionally, they are often called skunk pigs because of their smell. Wikipedia also offers a picture of the rarely seen, and newly dubbed peccadillo with its mother (father?).