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capivara

capivara is the archaic form 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 capivara

pluralcapivaras

Questions about capivara

What is capivara the archaic form of?
Capivara is the archaic form of capybara.

Words near capivara in the dictionary

  1. capitulescences
  2. capituliform
  3. capitulotubercular
  4. capitulum
  5. capitulums
  6. capivara
  7. capivaras
  8. capivasertib
  9. capivi
  10. capiz
  11. capizes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capivara (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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