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coypu

[koi-poo]

noun, plural -pus, (especially collectively) -pu.

a large, South American, aquatic rodent, Myocastor (or Myopotamus) coypus, yielding the fur nutria.

Origin:
1785–95; < American Spanish coipú < Araucanian coipu

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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coypu (ˈkɔɪpuː)

—n , pl -pus, -pu
1.	an aquatic South American hystricomorph rodent, Myocastor coypus, introduced into Europe: family Capromyidae. It resembles a small beaver with a ratlike tail and is bred in captivity for its soft grey underfur
2.	the fur of this animal

[C18: from American Spanish coipú, from Araucanian kóypu]

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