Etymology

coypu

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Today it means: A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere. Full definition →

Spanish coipú ← Mapudungun koypu
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The story

  1. Mapudungun · derived fromkoypu
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromcoipú
  3. English todaycoypu

From Spanish coipú, from Mapudungun koypu.

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