nutria Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur
    coypu; Myocastor coypus.

WordNet

Nu"tri*a noun
Etymology
Sp. nutria an otter, fr. L. lutra, lytra.
Definitions
  1. The fur of the coypu. See Coypu.

Webster 1913