hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

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   pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent

   Synonymscapybaracapibara

   Broaderrodent

Questions about hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

What does hydrochoerus hydrochaeris mean?

hydrochoerus hydrochaeris means "pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent".

What is another word for hydrochoerus hydrochaeris?

Close synonyms include capybara, capibara. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hydrochoerus hydrochaeris a common word?

hydrochoerus hydrochaeris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.