Capibara

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The cabiai, carpincho, or gigantic water-cavy of South America, Hydrochærus capibara, the largest living quadruped belonging to the hystricomorphic series of the simplicident rodents; the type and only known representative of the family Hydrochæridæ.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See capybara.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Dated form of capybara.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gnawer  rodent  
    variant
    capybara