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capybara

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[ kap-uh-bahr-uh ]

noun

  1. a South American tailless rodent, Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris, living along the banks of rivers and lakes, having partly webbed feet: the largest living rodent.


capybara

/ ËŒ°ìæ±èɪˈ²úÉ‘Ë°ùÉ™ /

noun

  1. the largest rodent: a pig-sized amphibious hystricomorph, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, resembling a guinea pig and inhabiting river banks in Central and South America: family Hydrochoeridae
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of capybara1

1765–75; < New Latin < Portuguese capibara < Tupi
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of capybara1

C18: from Portuguese capibara, from Tupi
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"This year, there were three dead manatees, five dead buffalo. We found more than 10 caimans. We found turtles, capybaras, birds, thousands of dead fish," she said last June.

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“Flow†A cat, a dog and a capybara walk into a boat and are forced to make do as a society.

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A young capybara's escape from a zoo a fortnight ago gripped animal lovers across the globe.

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A capybara who went missing from a Shropshire zoo sparking news coverage around the world has been reunited with her family and is settling back in.

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Native to South America, capybara can grow to more than a metre in length and are the largest living rodents in the world.

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