nutria

Meaning

1. (feminine) otter
2. (Argentina,feminine) nutria, coypu

Concepts

otter

nutria

coypu

otters

crepuscular

European river otter

Eurasian otter

Eurasian river otter

European otter

common otter

old world otter

swamp beaver

Hyphenated as

nu‧tria

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnutɾja/

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nutria or *lutria / *lutrea, from Latin lutra. The Spanish word, preserving the -t-, may have arrived through the intermediate of either Mozarabic or more likely a Southern Italian language or dialect: cf. Salerno dialect (of Neapolitan) nùtria, Calabrian ùtria and lùtria, utre in Basilicata, etc. The Vulgar Latin form was likely influenced by Ancient Greek ἔνυδρις (énudris). Compare also Catalan llúdria, Portuguese lontra.