| 单词 |
capybara |
| 释义 |
capybara|kæpɪˈbɑːrə| Also capibara. [A native name in Brazil.] The largest extant rodent quadruped (Hydrochœrus Capybara), nearly allied to the Guinea-pig; it lives about the rivers of tropical S. America. Cf. cabiai.
1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) I. iii. iii. 350 The capibara resembles a hog of about two years old..Some naturalists have called it the water-hog. 1849Sk. Nat. Hist., Mammalia IV. 155 The food of the capybara consists exclusively of grass and vegetables, as water-melons, gourds, etc. 1852Th. Ross tr. Humboldt's Trav. II. xviii. 168 A herd of capybaras which was crossing the river. |

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