capybara
noun
a South American tailless rodent, Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris, living along the banks of rivers and lakes, having partly webbed feet: the largest living rodent.
capybaras
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pluralof capybara.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The fund supports projects locally with Manx Wildlife Trust and internationally, including work in the Pantanal, where wild capybaras live.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
On social media, people have gotten even more creative, photoshopping capybaras into Southampton destinations like pubs, shopping malls and the local soccer club’s stadium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Aidar had called the capybara “princess” in a way that sounded like a term of endearment for all female capybaras, so I asked for the capybara’s formal name.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
But Aidar came to her love for capybaras in a totally analog way.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
We frequently came across ponds tenanted by numbers of capybaras.
From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Theodore Roosevelt
