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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur [syn: coypu, nutria, Myocastor coypus]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: American Spanish coipú, from Mapuche coipu Date: 1793 nutria

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. coypus) an aquatic beaver-like rodent, Myocastor coypus, native to S. America and kept in captivity for its fur. Etymology: Araucan

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Coypu Coy"pu (koi"p??), n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.) A South American rodent (Myopotamus coypus), allied to the beaver. It produces a valuable fur called nutria. [Written also coypou.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(coypus) A coypu is a large South American rodent which lives near water. N-COUNT