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CUNICULUS PACA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cuniculus paca mean?
• CUNICULUS PACA (noun)
The noun CUNICULUS PACA has 1 sense:
1. large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food
Familiarity information: CUNICULUS PACA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cuniculus paca; paca
Hypernyms ("Cuniculus paca" 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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