Definition of Capybara

1. Noun. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent.

Exact synonyms: Capibara, Hydrochoerus Hydrochaeris
Generic synonyms: Gnawer, Rodent

Definition of Capybara

1. n. A large South American rodent (Hydrochærus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog.

Definition of Capybara

1. Noun. The largest living rodent (''Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris''), native to South America, living partly on land and partly in water. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Capybara

1. a large rodent [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Capybara

caput quadratum
caput radiale
caput radii
caput stapedis
caput succedaneum
caput superficiale musculi flexoris pollicis brevis
caput tali
caput transversum
caput transversum musculi adductoris hallucis
caput transversum musculi adductoris pollicis
caput ulnae
caput ulnare
caput ulnare musculi flexoris carpi ulnaris
caput ulnare musculi pronatoris teretis
caput zygomaticum quadrati labii superioris
capybara (current term)
capybaras
caquelon
caquelons
car-body van
car-body vans
car-booter
car-chase
car-ferry
car-hop
car-house
car-jack
car-jacking
car-mechanic

Literary usage of Capybara

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"A male capybara, from ... 3 feet 4 inches ; the greatest girth was 2 feet 7$ inches : the weight of the animal was 08 Ibs. A wild capybara has been killed, ..."

2. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"CHAPTER III MALDONADO Monte Video—Maldonado—Excursion to R. Polanco—Lazo and Bolas —Partridges—Absence of Trees—Deer—capybara, or River Hog— ..."

3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"CHAPTER III MALDONADO Montevideo—Maldonado—Excursion to R. Polanco—Lazo and Bolas —Partridges—Absence of Trees—Deer—capybara, or Rivu-r Hog— ..."

4. Central and South America by Augustus Henry Keane, Clements Robert Markham (1901)
"The llama, capybara. alpaca, vicuna, guanaco, chinchilla, viscacha, ... In the montana are the capybara, a large rodent, the peccary, tapir, and many other ..."

5. Journal of Researches Into the Geology & Natural History of the Various by Charles Darwin (1908)
"CHAPTER III MALDONADO Monte Video—Maldonado—Excursion to R. Polanco—Lazo and Bolas—Partridges— Absence of Trees—Deer—capybara, ..."

6. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1855)
"... capybara, Fig. 351) measuring about three feet in length. This animal has much the appearance of a small pig, and its body is covered with bristles ..."

7. The Evolution of Life by Hubbard Winslow Mitchell (1891)
"... —Condor — Insect life — Bees —Wasps — Ants — Beetles — Hornets—Flies—Foraging ants — Peccary—Tapir—White- lipped peccary—capybara—Wild ..."

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