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Coypu

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coy⋅pu

  [koi-poo]
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–noun, plural -pus, (especially collectively) -pu.
a large, South American, aquatic rodent, Myocastor (or Myopotamus) coypus, yielding the fur nutria.
Origin:
1785–95; < AmerSp coipú < Araucanian coipu
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coy·pu   (koi'pōō)   
n.   pl. coy·pus
A large aquatic South American rodent (Myocastor coypus) having webbed feet and a long tail. Also called nutria.

[American Spanish coipú, from Araucanian kóypu.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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