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nu·tri·a

 (no͞o′trē-ə, nyo͞o′-)
n. pl. nutria or nu·tri·as
1. A large semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) native to South America, having webbed feet and a long tail. It is widely raised for fur and has formed wild populations especially in the southern United States.
2. The light brown fur of the nutria. In both senses also called coypu.
[American Spanish, otter, coypu, from Spanish, otter, from Old Spanish, from Latin lutra (probably influenced by Greek enudris, otter); see wed- in Indo-European roots.]
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nutria

(ˈnjuːtrɪə)
n
1. (Animals) another name for the coypu, used esp to refer to its fur
2. (Colours) a brown colour with a grey tinge
[C19: from Spanish: otter, variant of lutria, ultimately from Latin lūtra otter]
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nu•tri•a

(ˈnu tri ə, ˈnyu-)

n.
1. Also called coypu. a large South American aquatic rodent, Myocastor (or Myopotamus) coypus.
2. the fur of this animal, used for garments.
[1830–40, Amer.; < American Spanish; Sp: otter, alter. of lutria < Medieval Latin, for Latin lutra]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.nutria - aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beavernutria - aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur
coypu, Myocastor coypus
gnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
genus Myocastor, Myocastor - a genus of Capromyidae
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nutria

[ˈnjuːtrɪə] n → nutria
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Analisis temporal de los habitos alimentarios de la nutria neotropical (Lontra longicaudis) en el rio Zimatan en la costa de Oaxaca, Mexico.
Impact of human activities in habitat use and activity patterns of the marine otter (Lontra felina) in central Chile
La poblacion de nutrias en el rio La Vieja esta en riesgo debido a la contaminacion por vertimientos de aguas residuales de origen domestico e industrial, aprovechamiento forestal e intervencion de la ribera de los rios, en especial cerca de centros urbanos como Armenia, Cartago y Pereira (CRQ, 2005).
Extension de presencia y area de ocupacion de la nutria neotropical (lontra longicaudis) en la cuenca del rio la vieja, alto cau ca, Colombia
Por otro lado, las nutrias de America del Sur, y especialmente Pt.
Morfologia del aparato musculo-esqueletario del postcraneo de los mustelidos (Carnivora, Mammalia) fosiles y vivientes de America del sur: implicancias funcionales en un contexto filogenetico
En un primer ejercicio por organizar la taxonomia de las nutrias, Gray (1943) las dividio en funcion a dos categorias morfologicas: una agregaba a los generos Enhydra y Pteronura, y la segunda a Latax, Aonyx, Lutra y Lontra, este ultimo un nuevo genero nunca aplicado hasta la propuesta de van Zyll de Jong (1972).
Distribucion y observaciones sobre la poblacion de la nutria marina Lontra felina (Molina 1782) en el Peru
El litoral del Pacifico sureste consta de zonas de litoral rocoso con habitat apropiado para las nutrias marinas, las cuales necesitan de refugios seguros para establecerse en un lugar determinado (Sielfeld & Castilla, 1999; Medina-Vogel et al., 2006).
Nuevo registro de la nutria marina Lontra felina (Molina, 1782) al norte de su distribucion actual
Beavers have flat, wide tails and nutrias have skinny ones, Fish and Wildlife Department biologist Rick Boatner said.
Poster reveals gnawing mystery
Terminal and parietal colateral branches of the abdominal aorta in Myocastor coypus (nutria)
Ramos colaterais parietais e terminais da aorta abdominal em Myocastor coypus (nutria)
SUMMARY: The objective of this work is to give a complementary description of the hepatic lobulation, the hepatic Ligaments and the omenta of the nutria. Thirty nutrias were studied by gross dissection.
Anatomical description of the liver, hepatic ligaments and omenta in the coypu (Myocastor coypus)/Descripcion anatomica del higado, ligamentos hepaticos y omentos en el coipo (myocastor coypus)

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