Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Brazilian name of the capibara.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The capybara. See
capybara .
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- noun The
capybara .
Etymologies
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Examples
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An agouti and a cabiai, not to mention a dozen partridges, enriched the larder after this fortunate excursion.
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The moistened earth, when heated by the rays of the sun, diffuses the musky odor common in the torrid zone to animals of very different classes, to the jaguar, the small species of tiger-cat, the cabiai, the gallinazo vulture, the crocodile, the viper, and the rattlesnake.
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 02 (historical) 1874
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An agouti and a cabiai, not to mention a dozen partridges, enriched the larder after this fortunate excursion.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Jules Verne 1866
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The moistened earth, when heated by the rays of the sun, diffuses the musky odor common in the torrid zone to animals of very different classes, to the jaguar, the small species of tiger-cat, the cabiai, the gallinazo vulture, the crocodile, the viper, and the rattlesnake.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841
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He seems to have thought the cabiai he first examined wanted little of its full growth.
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These four species are the tapir, tlie cabiai, the lama, and the pecari; but there is ouly the tapir we can absolutely term detached; for the pecari has varieties; and the pacos may be united to the lama, and the Guinea hog to the cabiai.
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"(1) He seems to have thought the cabiai he first examined wanted little
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