coypu
Noun

coypu (plural coypus)

  1. A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere.
Synonyms
  • nutria (especially North America)
Translations
  • French: ragondin
  • German: Biberratte, Nutria, Sumpfbiber, Schweifbiber, Schweifratte, Coypu
  • Italian: nutria
  • Portuguese: ratão-do-banhado, ratão-d'água, nútria, caxingui
  • Russian: ну́трия
  • Spanish: coipo



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