pacarana

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noun

A large, rare, slow-moving rodent, Dinomys branickii, with a thick, furry tail, native to South America, the second-largest rodent after the capybara.

Similar
Count Branicki's mouse
OriginPortuguese and Spanish pacarana ← Old Tupi [Term?] →
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Meanings

nounpacarana (plural pacaranas)

plural pacaranas

  1. A large, rare, slow-moving rodent, Dinomys branickii, with a thick, furry tail, native to South America, the second-largest rodent after the capybara.

    Synonyms: Count Branicki's mouse

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA large, rare, slow-moving rodent, Dinomys branickii, with a thick, furry tail, native to South America, the second-largest rodent after the capybara.

Similar
Count Branicki's mouse

Origin

  1. Old Tupi[Term?]“false paca”
  2. Portuguese and Spanishpacarana
  3. Englishpacarana

From Portuguese and Spanish pacarana. From Old Tupi [Term?] (“false paca”).

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Translations

Bulgarian пакарана
  • пакарана (pakarana)rodent
Catalan pacaranà
  • pacaranàrodent
Chinese Mandarin 長尾豚鼠 /长尾豚鼠
  • 長尾豚鼠 /长尾豚鼠 (chángwěitúnshǔ)rodent
French pacarana
  • pacaranarodent
German Pakarana
  • Pakaranarodent
Japanese パカラナ
  • パカラナ (pakarana)rodent
Korean 파카라나
  • 파카라나 (pakarana)rodent
Polish pakarana
  • pakaranarodent
Portuguese pacarana
  • pacaranarodent
Spanish pacarana
  • pacaranarodent
Cite this entry
APA

pacarana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pacarana

MLA

“pacarana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pacarana. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pacarana,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pacarana.

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