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    NUTRIA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its furplay

    Synonyms:

    coypu; Myocastor coypus; nutria

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("nutria" is a kind of...):

    gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

    Holonyms ("nutria" is a member of...):

    genus Myocastor; Myocastor (a genus of Capromyidae)

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