CAPYBARA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capybara mean? 

• CAPYBARA (noun)
  The noun CAPYBARA has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPYBARA (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 ("capybara" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Taxonomic family which includes Guinea pigs, wild cavies, and the capybara.

(Caviidae, NCI Thesaurus)