NUTRIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur

Synonyms:

coypu; Myocastor coypus; nutria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("nutria" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Holonyms ("nutria" is a member of...):

genus Myocastor; Myocastor (a genus of Capromyidae)

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