nutria

nu·tri·a  (ntr-, ny-)

n.

1. See coypu.

2. The light brown fur of the coypu.

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[Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *nutria, variant of Latin lutra; see wed-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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nutria [new-tree-a]

Noun

the fur of the coypu [Latin lutra otter]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nutria - aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur coypu, Myocastor coypus gnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing genus Myocastor, Myocastor - a genus of Capromyidae