hutian.

/huːˈtiːə/

Forms: Also houtia, jutia, utia.

Etymology: < Spanish hutía, < Taino huti, cuti.

Any of several rodents of the family Capromyidæ, including Capromys and closely related genera, native to Cuba, the West Indies, and northern South America.

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1793 B. Edwards Hist. Brit. Colonies W. Indies I. i. 90 The agouti is sometimes called couti, and coati. It was corrupted into uti and utia, by the Spaniards.]

1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 84 The Houtias have four molars.

1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 509/2 According to Bomare, the Utias is a species of rabbit of the size of a rat, which inhabits the West Indies.

1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 106 The utias in a wild state..climb trees with great facility, and..live on vegetables.

1851 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica 468 (heading) The Utia, or Indian Cony.

1851 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica 469 A few years ago M. Fournier brought to Europe specimens of the animal which still bears in Cuba the name of Utia.

1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 680/2 The only peculiar quadruped known in the island [of Cuba] is the jutia or hutia.

1939 Geogr. Jrnl. 93 275 There exists on this island [sc. Swan Island] the hutia or capromys, a curious guinea-pig-like rodent of which only some four species are known.

1971 L. H. Matthews Life of Mammals II. vii. 213 The family Capromyidae contains the coypu and the hutias, the latter name spelt ‘jutia’ in Spanish.

1971 L. H. Matthews Life of Mammals II. vii. 214 Hutias are stout bodied, short limbed, rat-like rodents.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	hutia
释义	hutian. /huːˈtiːə/ Forms: Also houtia, jutia, utia. Etymology: < Spanish hutía, < Taino huti, cuti. Any of several rodents of the family Capromyidæ, including Capromys and closely related genera, native to Cuba, the West Indies, and northern South America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > family Capromyidae (hutia) pilori1763 musk cavy1771 muskrat1774 coypu1793 nutria1811 hutia1834 hog-rat1847 tree-rat1885 1793 B. Edwards Hist. Brit. Colonies W. Indies I. i. 90 The agouti is sometimes called couti, and coati. It was corrupted into uti and utia, by the Spaniards.] 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 84 The Houtias have four molars. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 509/2 According to Bomare, the Utias is a species of rabbit of the size of a rat, which inhabits the West Indies. 1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 106 The utias in a wild state..climb trees with great facility, and..live on vegetables. 1851 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica 468 (heading) The Utia, or Indian Cony. 1851 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica 469 A few years ago M. Fournier brought to Europe specimens of the animal which still bears in Cuba the name of Utia. 1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 680/2 The only peculiar quadruped known in the island [of Cuba] is the jutia or hutia. 1939 Geogr. Jrnl. 93 275 There exists on this island [sc. Swan Island] the hutia or capromys, a curious guinea-pig-like rodent of which only some four species are known. 1971 L. H. Matthews Life of Mammals II. vii. 213 The family Capromyidae contains the coypu and the hutias, the latter name spelt ‘jutia’ in Spanish. 1971 L. H. Matthews Life of Mammals II. vii. 214 Hutias are stout bodied, short limbed, rat-like rodents. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1834
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