| 释义 |
coypu, coypou Zool.|ˈkɔɪpuː|
[Native name in S. America.]
A South American aquatic rodent (Myopotamus Coypus), nearly equal to the beaver in size; called also coypu rat.
1793Pennant Hist. Quadr. (ed. 3) II. 177 Le Coypu, Coypou..This animal lives equally well in the water as on land. 1859Darwin Orig. Species xii. (1878) 318 We do not find the beaver or musk-rat, but the coypu and capybara, rodents of the S. American type. 1883Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 4) 124 Crab-eating Racoon..Coypu Rat. |