Meanings
plural culpeos
- A canid of species (Lycalopex culpaeus), native to the Andes region of South America.
Synonyms: Andean fox, colpeo, Andean wolf, zorro culpeo
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA canid of species (Lycalopex culpaeus), native to the Andes region of South America.
Origin
- Mapudungunculpeu
- Spanish(zorro) culpeo
- Englishculpeo
Borrowed from Spanish (zorro) culpeo, from Mapudungun culpeu.
More words from Spanish, Mapudungun
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto kulpeo
- kulpeocanid
French renard de Magellan
- renard de Magellancanid
Polish nibylis andyjski, kolpeo
- nibylis andyjskicanid
- kolpeocanid
- lis andyjskicanid
- lisoszakal andyjskicanid
Russian А́ндская лиси́ца
- А́ндская лиси́ца (Ándskaja lisíca)canid
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
culpeo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culpeo
“culpeo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culpeo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “culpeo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culpeo.
Source: culpeo on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.