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cabiai

cabiai is the obsolete spelling of capybara.

Meaning of capybara

Noun

capybara (plural capybaras)

  1. A large semi-aquatic South American rodent of the genus Hydrochoerus.
  2. The greater capybara (true capybara).
    • “Our fires burned well,” continued Tom, “and we roasted our young capybara to perfection; we only wanted salt and pepper, and an onion or two to make it delicious.[…]"1876, William H. G. Kingston, The Three Lieutenants, published 2010, page 430

Forms of cabiai

pluralcabiais

Origin of cabiai

From a native South American language.

Questions about cabiai

What is cabiai the obsolete spelling of?
Cabiai is the obsolete spelling of capybara.

Words near cabiai in the dictionary

  1. cabezones
  2. cabezons
  3. CABF
  4. CABG
  5. CABGY
  6. cabiai
  7. cabiais
  8. Cabiao
  9. Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrices
  10. Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix
  11. Cabicahan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cabiai (page history and authors); capybara (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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