nutria
Meaning
- (feminine) otter
- (Argentina,feminine) nutria, coypu
Concepts
Eurasian otter
swamp beaver
common otter
old world otter
European river otter
Eurasian river otter
Synonyms
coipu
riegue el perro
coypou
coypu
nutria común
nutria europea
nutria paleártica
ludria
Frequency
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.
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