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Nutria

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Noun

1. coypu, myocastor coypus, nutria

aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nutria

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noun
1. 
another name for the coypu, used esp to refer to its fur
2. 
a brown colour with a grey tinge

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Nutria

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noun
1. 
the only member (Myocastor coypus) of a family (Myocastoridae) of South American water-dwelling rodents with webbed feet and a long, almost hairless tail; coypu
2. 
its short-haired, soft, brown fur, often dyed to look like beaver

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Nutria

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n. pl. nutria or nu·tri·as
1. A large semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) native to South America, having webbed feet and a long tail. It is widely raised for fur and has formed wild populations especially in the southern United States.
2. The light brown fur of the nutria. In both senses also called coypu.

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