[
UK
/kˈɔɪpuː/
]
NOUN
- aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur
How To Use coypu In A Sentence
- Other rodents might also be suited to domestication; for instance, the potentially tamable, clean-living species of South American fields and woodlands - agouti, capybara, hutia, mare, coypu, pace, and vizcacha. Chapter 3
- These include the capybara, the agouti, the coypu, the cavy and the chinchilla.
- These include the capybara, the agouti, the coypu, the cavy and the chinchilla.
- Other mammals in the area are the vizcachas (Lagostomus maximus), the cuis pampeano (Cavia aperea), the nutria (Myocastur coypus), and the opossum (Didelphis albiventris). Semi-arid Pampas
- He thought perhaps it was a coypu, at present a pest in these parts. THE INNOCENTS AT HOME (A SUPERINTENDENT KENWORTHY NOVEL)
- Later on they had seen the coypu man's van parked on the front driveway of one of those houses.
- These include the capybara, the agouti, the coypu, the cavy and the chinchilla.
- Nutria, called Myocastor coypus, have added to the destruction by devouring wetlands.
- They are also known as coypu, Greek for mouse and beaver and the preferred designation of biologists. Into the Story
- My guess is it's a coypu - a large South American rodent.