| 单词 | water cavy |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater cavy water cavy n. the capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > genus Hydrochoerus (capybara) water hog1625 river hog1678 capybara1774 water cavy1835 carpincho1839 1835 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. Quadrupeds ii. viii. 327 The first sub-genus on the list is Hydrochærus, of which there is but one species, the Capybara, or water cavy of Brazil. 1885 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) V. 82 The gigantic Water Cavy, or Capybara. 2002 M. Burton & R. Burton Internat. Wildlife Encycl. (ed. 3) III. 382/1 Also called water pig or water cavy, it resembles a huge guinea pig, or cavy. < as lemmas |
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