Crossword-Solution: COYPU
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Coypu | n. | A South American rodent (Myopotamus coypus), allied to the beaver. It produces a valuable fur called nutria. |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
ERAA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with COYPU (5)
Besides the _harmaur_ (guanaco), they hunt the _hiappo_ (sea-otter) and the _coypu_, or South American beaver, [Note 3], which is also found in Tierra del Fuego.
The rodents are the most numerously represented order, which includes the _coypu_ or nutria (_Myopotamus coypus_), the chinchilla (_Chinchilla laniger_), the tuco-tuco (_Ctenomys brasiliensis_), a rabbit, and 12 species of mice--in all some 12 genera and 25 species.
The coypu, sometimes called the South American beaver, inhabits the river-banks, and is highly prized for its fur.
Coypu are abundant in the fresh waters of South America, even small ponds being often tenanted by one or more pairs.
The cut of the animal called the Thick-nosed Tapiir, at page 139 of the first edition, is transposed to page 381 of the last edition, and there described under the name of the Capibara: it is probably intended for the Coypu rat, a specimen of which is at present in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent’s Park.
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Appears in: LAT, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 20 times in crossword archives (1955–2016).