coypun.
/ˈkɔɪpuː/ Zoology.
A South American aquatic rodent ( Myopotamus coypus), nearly equal to the beaver in size; called also coypu rat.
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1793 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds (ed. 3) II. 177 Le Coypu, Coypou..This animal lives equally well in the water as on land.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xi. 349 We do not find the beaver or musk-rat, but the coypu and capybara, rodents of the American type.
1883 Official Catal. Internat. Fisheries Exhib. (ed. 4) 124 Crab-eating Racoon..Coypu Rat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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