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Definition of Coypu
1. Noun. Aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur.
Generic synonyms: Gnawer, Rodent
Group relationships: Genus Myocastor, Myocastor
Definition of Coypu
1. n. A South American rodent (Myopotamus coypus), allied to the beaver. It produces a valuable fur called nutria.
Definition of Coypu
1. Noun. A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (''Myocastor coypus'') resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America, Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coypu
1. an aquatic rodent [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coypu
Literary usage of Coypu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Natural History of the Mammalia by George Robert Waterhouse (1848)
"The female coypu evinces much attachment for her young, and swims with them on
her back, until they are sufficiently large to follow the parent. ..."
2. The Life of Animals: The Mammals by Ernest Ingersoll (1907)
"The coypu looks and behaves much like a muskrat, but has a round tail, and swims
by means of webbed hind feet. -ie coypu. THE coypu. ..."
3. The Fur Traders and Fur Bearing Animals by Marcus Petersen (1914)
"The coypu Rat is found only in South America. It ranges south on both sides of
the Andes from Chili and Peru, being most abundant in Brazil and the ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"coypu, the native name of a large South American aquatic rodent mammal, known
very generally ... coypu are abundant in the fresh waters of South America, ..."
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