Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The cabiai, carpincho, or gigantic water-cavy of South America, Hydrochærus capibara, the largest living quadruped belonging to the hystricomorphic series of the simplicident rodents; the type and only known representative of the family Hydrochæridæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) See
capybara .
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- noun Dated form of
capybara .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent
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Examples
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We now made the acquaintance of the _capivara_ (_Hydrochoerus capibara_),
Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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