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NUTRIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nutria mean? 

NUTRIA (noun)
  The noun NUTRIA has 1 sense:

1. aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its furplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


NUTRIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

coypu; Myocastor coypus; nutria

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

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

Holonyms ("nutria" is a member of...):

genus Myocastor; Myocastor (a genus of Capromyidae)


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