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ALL meanings of coypu

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  • countable noun coypu A coypu is a large South American rodent which lives near water. 3
  • noun coypu an aquatic South American hystricomorph rodent, Myocastor coypus, introduced into Europe: family Capromyidae. It resembles a small beaver with a ratlike tail and is bred in captivity for its soft grey underfur 3
  • noun coypu the fur of this animal 3
  • noun coypu nutria 3
  • noun plural coypu a large, South American, aquatic rodent, Myocastor (or Myopotamus) coypus, yielding the fur nutria. 1
  • noun coypu animal: type of rodent 1
  • noun 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. 1
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