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coypu

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Animals
coy·pu /ˈkɔɪpuː/ noun [countable]  HBAan animal like a beaver, kept on farms for its fur 河狸鼠
Examples from the Corpus
coypuHow could coypu have got into a Suffolk pond?Hargreaves was a bit like a large rodent, a capybara or coypu.But the coypu man was different.Later on they had seen the coypu man's van parked on the front driveway of one of those houses.The coypu man could not be dismissed or the danger of him glossed over.The coypu man lived in Nunes.
coy·pu nounChineseSyllable
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coypu
coypu /ˈkɔɪpuː/ noun [countable]
an animal like a beaver, kept on farms for its fur


coy·puBrE /ˈkɔɪpuː/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɔɪpuː/ 🔊 noun (
plural
coy·pus
or
coy·pu
)
a large S American animal, like a beaver, that lives near water 河狸鼠(南美洲动物)