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CAPIBARA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capibara mean? 

CAPIBARA (noun)
  The noun CAPIBARA has 1 sense:

1. pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodentplay

  Familiarity information: CAPIBARA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CAPIBARA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

capibara; capybara; Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Hypernyms ("capibara" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)


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