myocastor coypus

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   aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur

   Synonymscoypunutria

   Broaderrodent

   Part ofMyocastor

Questions about myocastor coypus

What does myocastor coypus mean?

myocastor coypus means "aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur".

What is another word for myocastor coypus?

Close synonyms include coypu, nutria. 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 myocastor coypus a common word?

myocastor coypus 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.