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.
PECCAVI
Pec*ca"vi. Etym: [L.]
Defn: I have sinned; — used colloquially to express confession or acknowledgment of an offense. Aubrey.
PECCO
Pec"co, n.
Defn: See Pekoe.
PECK Peck, n. Etym: [Perh. akin to pack; or, orig., an indefinite quantity, and fr. peck, v. (below): cf. also F. picotin a peak.]
1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat. "A peck of provender." Shak.
2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. "A peck of uncertainties and doubts." Milton.
PECK
Peck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pecked; p. pr. & vb. n. Pecking.] Etym:
[See Pick, v.]
1. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.