nutria
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- noun
- /ˈnuːtriə/
- Due to its webbed feet, the nutria is an excellent swimmer, often seen in rivers and swamps.
- nutria pelt
- nutria meat
- nutria sauce
Examples
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Ah wanted to run some traps for muskrats and nutrias, but he said no, and I ain't going on his land if he don't say so.
Fiction book (1998) -
There are lots of people rushing around, all of them pretty as a nutria.
Fiction book (1990) -
But the nutria does not think so, and she licks his feathers and makes him well.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then one day he flies to another part of the land and finds a little animal with a nice coat, and though that animal is different from him, a nutria, he still lies down beside her.
Fiction book (1990) -
Paul pointed out the ropes of green snakes, the movement of alligators, the nutrias, the birds, and the beautiful honeysuckle covering the banks of the canals.
Fiction book (1995) -
As soon as I say this, Mr. Fontenot's brow wrinkles again and I feel like there's a little animal, maybe a nutria, trying to claw his way out from inside Miss Noi.
Fiction book (1990) -
She had never heard anything like it: birds, frogs, alligators, insects, nutria splashing—what a cacophony of life.
Fiction book (1994) -
The nutria is a large rodent that thrives in wetlands across South America.
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In Louisiana, many chefs are experimenting with nutria as a sustainable protein source.
Synonyms
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A large animal like a beaver that lives in water and people keep for its fur
A large animal like a big rat from South America that lives near water and is kept for its fur
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word nutria comes from Spanish nutria, which originally meant 'otter'. English borrowed the name for a South American water rodent that looks like a small beaver and was raised for its soft, waterproof fur, so the name links the animal to rivers and the fur trade.