The story
- Mapudungun · derived fromkoypu
- Spanish · borrowed fromcoipú
- English todaycoypu
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.