The story
- Old Tupi · derived from[Term?]“false paca”
- Portuguese and Spanish · borrowed frompacarana
- English todaypacarana
From Portuguese and Spanish pacarana. From Old Tupi [Term?] (“false paca”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pacarana
Today it means: A large, rare, slow-moving rodent, Dinomys branickii, with a thick, furry tail, native to South America, the second-largest rodent after the capybara. Full definition →
Portuguese and Spanish pacarana ← Old Tupi [Term?]