Definition of capybara
: a tailless semiaquatic South and Central American rodent (Hydrochaerus hydrochaeris) often exceeding four feet (1.2 meters) in length
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This area will feature jaguars, monkeys, giant river otters, capybaras, birds and tapirs.
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Phil is usually wrong and the Cincinnati Zoo's capybara went the other way.
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While Cossatot is far from a groundhog — capybaras, native to South America, are the world's largest rodent — his prediction already may hold a little more validity than Phil's.
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Plump capybaras, another potential jaguar meal, are faster than expected.
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Green anacondas in South America can comfortably eat capybaras, the world’s largest rodents.
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Although rhesus monkeys have brains only slightly larger than those of capybaras, the planet’s largest rodents, the rhesus monkey has more than six times the number of neurons.
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Soaking in baths full of fruit in Japan A pair of adult capybara and three babies take a yuzu-yu, or a hot bath with yuzu citrus fruits, a winter solstice ritual in Japan.
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This means endless opportunities for seeing some of South America’s most magnificent and varied creatures — think tapirs, giant anteaters and the world’s largest rodent, the capybara (which can weigh up to 175 pounds) in action.
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Origin and Etymology of capybara
Portuguese capibara, capivara, alteration of capiiuara, from Tupi kapiʔiwara, from kapíʔi grass, brush + -wara eater
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See words that rhyme with capybara Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about capybara
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