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NUTRIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nutria mean?
• NUTRIA (noun)
The noun NUTRIA has 1 sense:
1. aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur
Familiarity information: NUTRIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
coypu; Myocastor coypus; nutria
Hypernyms ("nutria" is a kind of...):
gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)
Holonyms ("nutria" is a member of...):
genus Myocastor; Myocastor (a genus of Capromyidae)
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