Meaning of capybara | Babel Free
kapɪˈbɑːɹəDefinitions
Equivalents
Examples
““Our fires burned well,” continued Tom, “and we roasted our young capybara to perfection; we only wanted salt and pepper, and an onion or two to make⟳ it delicious.[…]"”
“It was tenanted by the small caymans and by capybaras—the largest known rodent, a huge aquatic guinea-pig, the size of a small sheep.”
“The largest of all the 1,729 rodent species, the semi-aquatic capybara is extremely agile in the water, using its partly webbed toes like⟳ tiny paddles. Troops containing up to 20 animals live⟳ along riverbanks where young capybaras are sometimes preyed on by caimans.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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