capybara
A large semi-aquatic South American rodent of the genus Hydrochoerus.
Other meanings
The greater capybara (true capybara).
A kind of
- rodent
Example sentences
Word history
From Portuguese "capivara".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “capybara” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.