coypu
noun/ˈkɔɪpuː/
/ˈkɔɪpuː/
(plural coypus, coypu)
- a large South American animal, like a beaver, that lives near waterTopics Animalsc2Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Araucanian (a language spoken by native peoples in Chile and Argentina).
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