Nutria
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nutria is a noun meaning The fur of the coypu.
Meaning
The fur of the coypu.
More Meanings
- (chiefly Canada, US) The coypu, Myocastor coypus.
Example Sentences
Furthermore, nutria engage in the outright destruction of muskrat lodges to create nesting habitat for themselves.
1986, Identifying and Managing Aquatic Rodents in Texas, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, page 13, Nutria are native to South America and were successfully established in North America in the early 1930s as a new furbearing species.
Word Forms
- nutrias
Synonyms for nutria
Depending on context, synonyms include coypu.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include coypu, myocastorid, coypou, ondatra, loup-cervier, procyonine.
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