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capybara

noun
🔊/ˌkæpiˈbɑːrə/
🔊/ˌkæpiˈbɑːrə/
(plural capybara, capybaras)
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  1. an animal like a very large rabbit with thick legs and small ears, which lives near water in South America水豚（生活于南美和中美洲水滨，腿粗耳小，形似大兔子）Topics Animalsc2
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Spanish capibara or Portuguese capivara, from Tupi-Guarani capiuára, from capĩ ‘grass’ + uára ‘eater’.