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nutria rat

nutria rat is the alternative form of nutria.

Meaning of nutria

Noun

nutria (countable and uncountable, plural nutrias)

  1. (Canada, US) The coypu, Myocastor coypus.
    • Nutria are native to South America and were successfully established in North America in the early 1930s as a new furbearing species.1986, Identifying and Managing Aquatic Rodents in Texas, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, page 13
  2. The fur of the coypu.

Forms of nutria rat

pluralnutria rats

Questions about nutria rat

What is nutria rat the alternative form of?
Nutria rat is the alternative form of nutria.

Words near nutria rat in the dictionary

  1. nutraceuticals
  2. nutraceutics
  3. nutraloaf
  4. NuTrek
  5. nutria
  6. nutria rat
  7. nutria rats
  8. nutrias
  9. nutriate
  10. nutriated
  11. nutriates

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