Noun

(en noun)

A semi-aquatic South American rodent, , the largest living rodent.

* 1876 , , 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 , , 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.

Noun

A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.

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* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)

That night the Boy slept in a different bedroom, and he had a new bunny to sleep with him. It was a splendid bunny, all white plush with real glass eyes, but the Boy was too excited to care very much about it.

A (type of) child's toy, usually an animal, filled with soft material.

* 2002 , Billboard (volume 114, number 9, 2 March 2002, page 70)

When Play Along — the holder of the Care Bears master toy license — placed Care Bears plushes in Spencer Gifts last year, tweens and teenage girls bought the toys.

* 2008 , Lionel Birglen, Thierry Laliberté, Clément M. Gosselin, Underactuated Robotic Hands (page 94)

For a small fee, the player can control a crane equipped with a gripper to pick a gift, usually a plush or a small toy, and has to drop it in a place where he/she can grab it.

* 2011 , Bob Sehlinger, Menasha Ridge, Len Testa, The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2012 (page 759)

L.A. Prop Cinema Storage, full of kids' clothing (mostly for girls), PJs, and lots of toys and plushes (there's also a substantial infant area).