nutria en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Spanish nutria (“otter”), from Latin lutra.
Meanings
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(Canada, US, countable, uncountable) The coypu, Myocastor coypus.
Furthermore, nutria engage in the outright destruction of muskrat lodges to create nesting habitat for themselves.
2000, National Wetlands Newsletter, Volumes 22-23, Environmental Law Institute, page 8:1986, Identifying and Managing Aquatic Rodents in Texas, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, page 13, Nutria are native to South America and were successfully established in North America in the early 1930s as a new furbearing species.
- (countable, uncountable) The fur of the coypu.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nutrias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
more at Thesaurus:rodent · beaver · muroid · beaver · capybara
Deriveds
Descendants
Hypernyms
animal · gnawer · rodent · vertebrate · fur · critter · mammal · creature · organism