coypu

English

A coypu

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Spanish coipú, from Mapudungun koypu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɪ.pu/

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Noun

coypu (plural coypus or coypu)

1. 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)
• Bulgarian: нутрия (bg) f (nutrija)
• Chamicuro: chiklo'ti
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海狸鼠 (hǎilíshǔ)

• Czech: nutrie (cs) 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)
• Mapudungun: koypu
• Polish: nutria (pl) f
• Portuguese: ratão-do-banhado m, ratão-d'água m, nútria (pt) f, caxingui m
• Romanian: nutrie (ro) f
• Russian: ну́трия (ru) f (nútrija)
• Slovak: nutria (sk) f
• Spanish: coipo (es) m
• Thai: นากหญ้า (nâak-yâa)
• Turkish: koypu, su maymunu
• Ukrainian: ну́трія f (nútrija)