capybaran.

/kapɪˈbɑːrə/

Forms: Also capibara.

Etymology: < a South American Indian language of Brazil.

The largest extant rodent quadruped ( Hydrochœrus capybara), nearly allied to the guinea pig; it lives about the rivers of tropical South America. Cf. cabiai n.

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

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 190 The Capibara resembles an hog of about two years old... Some naturalists have called it the Water-hog.

1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 155 The food of the capybara consists exclusively of grass and vegetables, as water-melons, gourds, etc.

1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xviii. 168 A herd of capybaras which was crossing the river.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	capybara
释义	capybaran. /kapɪˈbɑːrə/ Forms: Also capibara. Etymology: < a South American Indian language of Brazil. The largest extant rodent quadruped ( Hydrochœrus capybara), nearly allied to the guinea pig; it lives about the rivers of tropical South America. Cf. cabiai n. 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 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 190 The Capibara resembles an hog of about two years old... Some naturalists have called it the Water-hog. 1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 155 The food of the capybara consists exclusively of grass and vegetables, as water-melons, gourds, etc. 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xviii. 168 A herd of capybaras which was crossing the river. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1774
随便看	undefiledness undefinable undefinableness undefinably undefined undefinedly undefinedness undefinite undeflected undeflore undeflowered undefoiled undefoiling undeformed undefouled undefoulingness undefrayed undegassed undegeneracy undegenerate undegenerated undegenerating undegrade undegraded undeified