| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| nutria |
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| SYLLABICATION: | nu·tri·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: | n tr - , ny - |
| NOUN: | 1. See coypu. 2. The light brown fur of the coypu. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *nutria, variant of Latin lutra. See wed-1 in Appendix I.
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