coypu

English

A coypu

Etymology

Spanish coipú, from Mapudungun koypu.

Noun

coypu (plural coypus or coypu)

A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere.

Synonyms

nutria (especially North America)

Translations

Myocastor coypus

Belarusian: ну́трыя f (nútryja)
Chamicuro: chiklo'ti
Chinese:
Mandarin: 海狸鼠 (hǎilíshǔ)
Czech: nutrie f
Danish: sumpbæver c
Dutch: beverrat (nl)
Esperanto: kojpo
Finnish: nutria (fi)
French: ragondin (fr) m
German: Biberratte f, Nutria (de) f, Sumpfbiber m, Schweifbiber m, Schweifratte f, Coypu

Italian: nutria (it) f
Japanese: ヌートリア (ja) (nūtoria)
Korean: 뉴트리아 (ko) (nyuteuria)
Lithuanian: nutrija (lt) f
Macedonian: нутрија f (nutrija)
Polish: nutria (pl) f
Portuguese: ratão-do-banhado m, ratão-d'água m, nútria (pt) f, caxingui m
Russian: ну́трия (ru) f (nútrija)
Slovak: nutria (sk) f
Spanish: coipo (es) m
Ukrainian: ну́трія f (nútrija)

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