Meaning Of The Word Capybara

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Capybara? Find Capybara meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Capybara Meaning

Capybara Definition
Capybara Definition

What's The Definition Of Capybara?

capybara in American English
any of a family (Hydrochoeridae) of tailless, partially web-footed, South American rodents found in and around lakes and streams: the largest extant rodent, reaching a length of over 1.2 m (c. 4 ft)
noun: a South American tailless rodent, Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris, living along the banks of rivers and lakes, having partly webbed feet: the largest living rodent

capybara in British English
noun: the largest rodent: a pig-sized amphibious hystricomorph, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, resembling a guinea pig and inhabiting river banks in Central and South America: family Hydrochoeridae

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Disperse system ‐ a two-phase colloidal system consisting of the…
  • Shunter ‐ noun: a small railway locomotive used for manoeuvring…
  • Parachronism ‐ noun: a chronological error in which a person…
  • Kath and Kim ‐ noun: a personification of the White population…
  • Longipennate ‐ adjective: (of birds) having long slender wings…
  • Facecloth ‐ countable noun: A facecloth is the same as a face…
  • Colorize ‐ to prepare a video version of (a black-and-white…
  • After-hours ‐ after the regular hours for business, school…
  • Chiasmatypy ‐ noun: the process of chiasma formation, which…
  • Helpmann ‐ noun: Sir Robert. 1909–86, Australian ballet…