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nutria - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun (Myocastor coypus) native to South America, having webbed feet and a long tail. It is widely raised for fur and has formed wild populations especially in the southern United States.noun
from The Century Dictionary.
noun Myopotamus coypus. See Myopotamus , and cut under coypou .noun neutria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun coypu .
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun coypu .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[American Spanish, otter, coypu, from Spanish, otter, from Old Spanish, from Latin lutra (probably influenced by Greek enudris , otter); see wed- in Indo-European roots.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Variant of Spanish lutria ("otter"), from Latin lutra .
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The term "nutria " comes from a Spanish/Latin word meaning otter and refers to coypu fur.
Starbulletin Headlines 2009
The term "nutria " comes from a Spanish/Latin word meaning otter and refers to coypu fur.
Starbulletin Headlines 2009
I am surprised that anyone reading these posts knows what nutria is but now that you admit to your cajun background I understand.
Caracol - Did I just eat snails? 2005
So somebody had the even more brilliant idea of tossing in nutria to eat the hyacinths, only the nutria learned to prefer garbage and all those stale doughnuts.
Caracol - Did I just eat snails? 2005
Nurmi doesn't put much stock in the idea that wearing nutria translates to a clearer conscience.
StarTribune.com rss feed 2011
Cree McCree has begun using the pelt of the Louisiana swamp rat, also known as the nutria , which is culled legally to protect marshland.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
Cree McCree has begun using the pelt of the Louisiana swamp rat, also known as the nutria , which is culled legally to protect marshland.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
Or maybe you're convinced by the claims of the fashion designers using "ethical fur" sourced from an animal called the nutria - or, as it's more commonly known, the coypu or bayou water rat?
What should I do with the fur coats I inherited from my mother? Leo Hickman 2010
It's a massive 15-pound ratlike critter called the nutria , whose reproductive powers are almost as mighty as its gargantuan appetite.
The Rat That Ate Louisiana 2008
Oh, and Bubba, don't try to serve me no river rat fancied up with the name nutria as your mystery meat!
Caracol - Did I just eat snails? 2005
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