different between wombat vs capybara

English

Etymology

From Dharug wambad, wambaj, or wambag. It was originally written whom-batt in English.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?w?m?bæt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w?m.bæt/

Noun

wombat (plural wombats)

1. Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???m.b?t/

Noun

wombat m (plural wombats, diminutive wombatje n)

1. wombat

French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w??.ba/, /v??.ba/

Noun

wombat m (plural wombats)

1. wombat

Synonyms

• phascolome (dated)

Further reading

• “wombat” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Noun

wombat (first-person possessive wombatku, second-person possessive wombatmu, third-person possessive wombatnya)

1. wombat

Interlingua

Noun

wombat

1. wombat

Polish

Noun

wombat m anim

1. wombat

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

wombat m (plural wombats)

1. Alternative form of vombate

English

Alternative forms

• capibara (dated)

Etymology

From Spanish capibara, from Portuguese capivara, from Old Tupi kapi'iûara, literally "grass eater".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kap??b????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kæpi?b???/, /?kæpi?b???/, /?kæpi?bæ??/

Noun

capybara (plural capybaras)

1. A semi-aquatic South American rodent, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, the largest living rodent.
   • 1876, William H. G. Kingston, The Three Lieutenants, 2010, page 430,

     “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. […] "

   • 1914, Theodore Roosevelt, Through the Brazilian Wilderness, 2004, page 53,

     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.

   • 2009, The Illustrated Atlas of Wildlife, page 106,

     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.

Synonyms

• carpinchoe

Derived terms

• lesser capybara (Hydrochoerus isthmius)

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