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Webster 1913 Edition
Coypu
‖
Coy′pu
(koi′p??)
, Noun.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
A South American rodent (
Myopotamus coypus
), allied to the beaver. It produces a valuable fur called nutria
. [Written also
coypou
.] Definition 2024
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English
A coypu
Noun
coypu (plural coypus or coypu)
- 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
Myocastor coypus