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Pronunciation / Transliteration: nūtoria
"ヌートリアは川岸に穴を掘って生活する。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A large, herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent native to South America, with webbed hind feet and a long, round tail, widely introduced elsewhere for its fur.
"The introduction of the coypu to European wetlands caused significant damage to local riverbanks and native vegetation."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed into English in the early 19th century from the Araucanian (Mapuche) word 'koypu', designating the large aquatic rodent. The term was subsequently adopted globally through the fur trade, where the animal's pelt was marketed as nutria.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Coypu" is said worldwide
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ragondin
Transliteration: ragɔ̃dɛ̃
"Le ragondin est un mammifère aquatique envahissant."
Nutria
Transliteration: nuˈtʁiːa
"Das Nutria lebt bevorzugt an Gewässern mit dichtem Schilfbewuchs."
nutria
Transliteration: ˈnutria
"La nutria è stata introdotta in Europa per la pelliccia."
coipo
Transliteration: ˈkoipo
"El coipo construye madrigueras en las riberas de los ríos."
nutria
Transliteration: ˈnutɾjɐ
"A nutria é um roedor de hábitos aquáticos."
न्यूट्रिया
Transliteration: nyuṭriyā
"न्यूट्रिया एक बड़ा जलीय कृंतक है।"
海狸鼠
Transliteration: hǎi lí shǔ
"海狸鼠原产于南美洲。"
뉴트리아
Transliteration: nyuteuria
"뉴트리아는 생태계 교란 유해 야생 동물로 지정되어 있다."
ヌートリア
Transliteration: nūtoria
"ヌートリアは川岸に穴を掘って生活する。"
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