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▪ I. ‖ moco|ˈməʊkəʊ| [Tupi mocó.] A kind of cavy, esp. the Rock cavy, Cavia (or Kerodon) rupestris, a South American rodent rather larger than the Guinea-pig.
1834Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. I. 139 The Mocos have rather simpler grinders than the Cobayes. 1869R. F. Burton Highl. Brazil II. 313 The brown Moco peeped out of its home. 1898Nat. Science June 376 The moco is..sometimes called the rock-cavy. ▪ II. moco obs. form of Mocha1. |