Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nutria

/nˈutɹiə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: nu-tria
IPA: /nˈutɹiə/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The coypu, Myocastor coypus.

Canadian usage; American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

The fur of the coypu.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1986, Identifying and Managing Aquatic Rodents in Texas, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, page 13, Nutria are native to South America and were successfully established in North America in the early 1930s as a new furbearing species."
"Furthermore, nutria engage in the outright destruction of muskrat lodges to create nesting habitat for themselves."

Etymology

From Spanish nutria (“otter”), from Latin lutra.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: nutria, lutra

Usage

Inflected Forms

nutrias (plural)

Phrases

nutria rat

Frequently Paired Words

beaver capybara muroid more at Thesaurus:rodent

Synonyms

coypu myocastor coypus

Questions

How do you pronounce nutria?: The recorded pronunciation is /nˈutɹiə/.
What does nutria mean?: The coypu, Myocastor coypus.
Where does nutria come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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