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coypu
(kɔɪpuː)
Word forms: plural coypus
countable noun
A coypu is a large South American rodent which lives near water.
coypu in British English
(ˈkɔɪpuː)
nounWord forms: plural -pus or -pu
Also called: nutria1.
an aquatic South American hystricomorph rodent, Myocastor coypus, introduced into Europe: family Capromyidae. It resembles a small beaver with a ratlike tail and is bred in captivity for its soft grey underfur
2.
the fur of this animal
Word origin
C18: from American Spanish coipú, from Araucanian kóypucoypu in American English
(ˈkɔɪˌpu)
nounWord forms: plural ˈcoyˌpus or ˈcoypu
nutria
Word origin
AmSp coipu < Araucanian coypuImage ofcoypu
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Examples of 'coypu' in a sentencecoypu
- take a deep breath
- take a dim view of
- take-a-dim-view-of
- take a dim view of something
- take a dislike
- take a dive
- take advantage of
- take advantage of someone
- take advantage of something
- take advice
- take a fancy to sb/sth
- take-a-fancy-to-someone
- take a fancy to something or someone
- take after
- take after someone
- take against
- take against something or someone
- take a hint
- take aim
- take aim at
- take a job
- take a knee
- take a leaf from someone's book
- take-a-leaf-from-someones-book
- take a leaf out of someone's book