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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COYPU

From American Spanish coipú, from Araucanian kóypu.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COYPU

coypu  [ˈkɔɪpuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COYPU

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Coypu is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COYPU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

coypu

Coypu

The coypu, , also known as the river rat or nutria, is a large, herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent and the only member of the family Myocastoridae. Originally native to subtropical and temperate South America, it has since been introduced to North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, primarily by fur ranchers. Although it is still valued for its fur in some regions, its destructive feeding and burrowing behaviors make this invasive species a pest throughout most of its range. Coypus live in burrows alongside stretches of water. They feed on river plants, and waste close to 90% of the plant material while feeding on the stems.

Definition of coypu in the English dictionary

The definition of coypu in the dictionary is an aquatic South American hystricomorph rodent, Myocastor coypus, introduced into Europe: family Capromyidae. It resembles a small beaver with a ratlike tail and is bred in captivity for its soft grey underfur. Other definition of coypu is the fur of this animal.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COYPU


cockapoo
ˈkɒkəˌpuː
hapu
ˈhɑːpuː
hoopoe
ˈhuːpuː
kokopu
kɒkɒpuː
napoo
nɑːˈpuː
Ogpu
ˈɒɡpuː
pakapoo
ˈpækəpuː
peekapoo
ˈpiːkəˌpuː
Pengpu
ˈpɛŋˈpuː
poo
puː
pooh
puː
pooh-pooh
ˈpuːˈpuː
pugh
puː
puh
puː
pupu
ˈpuːpuː
quipu
ˈkiːpuː
shampoo
ʃæmˈpuː
tapu
ˈtɑːpuː
Winnie-the-Pooh
ˌwɪnɪˌðəˈpuː
ZAPU
ˈzæpuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COYPU

coy
Coy.
coydog
coyish
coyishly
coyishness
coyly
coyness
coyote
coyotillo
Coypel
coz
coze
cozen
cozenage
cozener
cozey
cozied
cozier
cozies

WORDS THAT END LIKE COYPU

Illampu

Synonyms and antonyms of coypu in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «coypu» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COYPU

Find out the translation of coypu to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of coypu from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coypu» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

海狸鼠
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

coipo
570 millions of speakers

English

coypu
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समुद्री चूहा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нутрия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coypu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জলচর দঁতুর প্রাণিবিশেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ragondins
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Coypu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nutrias
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヌートリア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

coypu
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Coypu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giống hải ly nam my
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

coypu
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोयपू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Şili kunduzu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nutria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nutrii
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нутрія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nutrie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

coypu
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

coypu
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nutria
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

coypu
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coypu

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COYPU»

The term «coypu» is normally little used and occupies the 141.090 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COYPU» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «coypu» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «coypu» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about coypu

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COYPU»

Discover the use of coypu in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coypu and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Chickaree - crabs
The coypu is a large rodent that is ratlike in appearance and measures over 3 feet (1 m) from the large, square muzzle to the tip of the long, scaly tail. The ears are short and the small eyes are set high in the large face. The coypu's large ...
‎2002
2
New Scientist
How the appliance of science saw off the coypu convincing, we noticed that the numbers of coypus fell more quickly in cold winters. So before we could judge whether a campaign would work with, say, only an average number of cold winters, ...
3
Animal Spaces, Beastly Places
jungle, then the coypu's jungle cries almost belong, but not quite. The animal seems melancholy, and its sound provokes a melancholic and sympathetic curi- ousity in the local human listener. If the coypu was a matter of shifting opinion from ...
Chris Philo, Chris Wilbert, 2004
4
New Scientist
£G3 Area of main infestation Hi First surveys being made P. Trapping proceeding by rabbit clearance societies, river boards and individual occupiers Progress of the Ministry of Agriculture's eastern region coypu campaign up to 31 January, ...
5
100 Alien Invaders
Coypu Myocastor coypus Fur farmers are ultimately to blame for having exported this hungry herbivore to every continent except Australia and Antarctica.When the coypu fur industry collapsed, the animals were released into the wild to gnaw ...
Gill Williams, 2011
6
Mammals of Africa
De Vos (1965) recorded that 'coypu have been established in the wild in Zambia' (see also Haltenorth & Diller [1980], Lever [1985] and Long [2003]). However, Ansell (1978), commenting on De Vos' statement, wrote: 'I am unaware of the ...
Jonathan Kingdon, David Happold, Thomas Butynski, 2013
7
Analysis of Vertebrate Pest Control
In the trial eradication, the number of coypu trapped declined rapidly soon after the commencement of trapping then remained at low levels. The relative effects of trapping and cold winters on the annual change in coypu abundance were ...
Jim Hone, 2007
8
Wildlife Utilization in Latin America: Current Situation and ...
Hunting: In the past, both campesinos and indigenous peoples hunted coypu with dogs, clubbing or shooting the animals at bay (93, 194). The usual technique now is to set traps along coypu pathways. This is considered a fairly efficient but ...
Juhani Ojasti, 1996
9
Distribution Ecology: From Individual Habitat Use to Species ...
The coypu Myocastor coypus is a large caviomorph rodent indigenous to aquatic habitats in southern South America. Since the 1920s, wild populations have become established in many parts of Europe, Asia, and North America, as a result of ...
Marcelo Hernán Cassini, 2013
10
The Wetlands Handbook, 2 Volume Set
One of the most common feral herbivores is the coypu. This southern American species has escaped from fur farms worldwide and has sometimes been released to manage emergent wetland vegetation and create open water bodies for ...
Edward Maltby, Tom Barker, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COYPU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term coypu is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Fur is beautiful and cruel, purposeful and erotic
AA Gill is wearing a coat made from coypu. The large furs are fox and silver fox (Philip Sinden). Would you wear something that had been made ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
2
Manor Park Sailing Club helps charity take to the water
The sessions saw the group learning to sail in a variety of boats including single-handers and the club's Coypu dinghies, which can be sailed ... «Lichfield Live, Jul 15»
3
Manor Park Sailing Club near Kings Bromley is hoping to attract new …
... Associations OnBoard scheme gave 11-16 year olds from the trust free sailing lessons in single-handed dinghies and Coypu dinghies. «Burton Mail, Jun 15»
4
Bygones: Coypu caper continues ...
GRIM FIND: Grimsby's pest officer, Walter Boldock, pictured with the coypu that was found in Marshall Avenue, Grimsby, in 1975. Behind him is ... «Grimsby Telegraph, Jun 15»
5
Villager – May 2015.
Three-foot long Rodney, a coypu American swamp rat native only to South America, is three times the size of the average Irish rodent though ... «Village, Jun 15»
6
Hunting in Mississippi: 3 Animals To Hunt Year-Round
These nuisance animals are sometimes called river rats, or coypu, and are categorized as semiaquatic rodents. They are native to South ... «Newsmax, May 15»
7
Crossword solutions: Friday, May 15
... 5 Ticks (Joysticks), 8 Miami, 9 Squib, 10 Reservoir, 11 Lie, 12 Tactfulness, 15 Grand Canyon, 19 Asp, 20 Women's Lib, 22 Orion, 23 Coypu, ... «The Dominion Post, May 15»
8
Ireland's biggest rat: Watch giant THREE FOOT long rodent feast on …
The vermin, a coypu South American swamp rat, was caught in Co Tipperary last week. It is believed to be the biggest of its kind captured in ... «Irish Mirror, Apr 15»
9
South American River Rat Found In Tipperary Stream
The three-foot rodent is a coypu, native to South America, and is the first of his kind ever found in the wild in Ireland. After his discovering in a ... «Afloat, Apr 15»
10
Three-foot rat found swimming in Tipperary river
The rodent, which has been named Rodney, is a coypu American swamp rat and he's three times the size of your average Irish rat. He's now ... «The42.ie, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Coypu [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/coypu>. May 2024 ».
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