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hutia

hutia noun: any of the medium-sized rodents of the subfamily Capromyinae, which inhabit the Caribbean islands.

hutia: any of the medium-sized rodents of the subfamily Capromyinae, which inhabit the Caribbean islands
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Noun

hutia (plural hutias)

  1. Any of the medium-sized rodents of the subfamily Capromyinae, which inhabit the Caribbean islands.
    Synonyms:
    hog-rat

Synonyms of hutia

Forms of hutia

pluralhutias
alternative formutia

Origin of hutia

Borrowed from Spanish jutía.

Words formed from hutia

  • giant hutia

Phrases with hutia

Questions about hutia

What does hutia mean?
Hutia means any of the medium-sized rodents of the subfamily Capromyinae, which inhabit the Caribbean islands.
What part of speech is hutia?
Hutia is a noun.
What is the plural of hutia?
The plural of hutia is hutias.

Words near hutia in the dictionary

  1. Huterians
  2. Huterite
  3. Huterites
  4. Huth
  5. Huths
  6. hutia
  7. hutias
  8. hutkeeper
  9. hutkeepers
  10. hutless
  11. hutlet

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