How to Use capybara in a Sentence

capybara

noun
  • At over 100 pounds, the capybara is the world’s largest rodent.
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The capybara is the world's largest rodent and a close relative of the guinea pig.
    Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2022
  • And the world's largest rodent, the capybara, is the perfect entree.
    National Geographic, 31 Aug. 2016
  • The jaguar lunged; the capybaras barked a warning, then zipped into the water.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The past years have seen the rise of capybara TikTok and Instagram.
    Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The capybara is currently the world’s largest rodent and can reach up to 130 pounds.
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2022
  • There are cuddly plush capybaras and stretchy or squishy ones.
    CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Cinnamon the capybara is on the run — and living her best life!
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Those that are more mobile will do better in the short-term, such as large cats, capybaras, birds of prey.
    Hira Humayun, CNN, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Joined by a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog, the cat embarks on a perilous journey by boat in search of dry land.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
  • But in an alternate timeline, what would a capybaras sound like on the big screen?
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2025
  • How does one get assigned to write six thousand words about capybaras for The New Yorker?
    Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Now the zoo has revealed that its capybara colony has grown to 11 with the new addition of five new pups that were born just two weeks ago.
    Ariana Garcia, Chron, 2 Apr. 2023
  • And there is also a capybara, a very chill type who gets along with everyone.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The zoo also used the viral post to ask their over 1 million followers for name ideas for the capybara.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Phil is usually wrong and the Cincinnati Zoo's capybara went the other way.
    Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Black caimans are fierce predators, feeding on a range of fish, reptiles, and rodents (like the capybara).
    Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The Akron Zoo on Tuesday announced the death of Atlantis, its 10-year-old female capybara.
    Megan Becka, cleveland, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The other was a type of rodent known as caviomorphs, ancestors of creatures like the capybara.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Before the drone sighting, the capybara had last been seen on Saturday, beyond the perimeter fence of the zoo.
    Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
  • At one point late in the action, the van stops by the roadside, where Anika gets out and approaches a wild capybara emerging from the brush.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Today, though, the only sign of them is the ravaged carcass of a capybara, and beside it, perhaps, a few faint paw prints.
    Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2022
  • On Tuesday night, thermal drones identified the capybara in a field beside the zoo.
    Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Swindall spent a few minutes with Moo Deng before deciding to go check out the capybaras.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Cavies are closely related to capybaras, the world's largest rodent, weighing up to 100 pounds.
    Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 22 May 2018
  • Finally, one capybara was captured on June 12, the second on June 28.
    Karen Bliss, Billboard, 25 June 2017
  • Jaguars and caimans, for example, love snacking on capybaras.
    Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Shoppers can find capybara slippers, purses, robes and bath bombs.
    CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The capybara munch on ice popsicles made of lettuce, cucumber and sweet potato, while the emus cool down with fans and kiddie pools.
    Martin Vassolo, Axios, 24 July 2024
  • The cat-size dragonfly, the double-decker-bus-size rhino, the capybara that could dunk a basketball?
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023

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