coypu

coypu
/koy"pooh/, n., pl. coypus, (esp. collectively) coypu.
a large, South American, aquatic rodent, Myocastor (or Myopotamus) coypus, yielding the fur nutria.
[1785-95; < AmerSp coipú < Araucanian coipu]

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