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pa⋅ca

  [pah-kuh, pak-uh]
–noun
a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
Also called spotted cavy.

Origin:
1650–60; < Sp or Pg < Tupi
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paca 
Central and South American rodent, 1657, from Sp., from Tupi (Brazil) paca.
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