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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, from Spanish, otter, modification of Latin lutra; probably akin to Old English oter otter Date: 1820 1. the durable usually light brown fur of a nutria 2. a large South American semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) with webbed hind feet and a round nearly hairless tail that has been introduced into parts of Europe, Asia, and North America

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the skin or fur of a coypu. Etymology: Sp., = otter

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Nutria Nu"tri*a, n. [Sp. nutria an otter, fr. L. lutra, lytra.] The fur of the coypu. See Coypu.