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Squirrel vs Capybara - What's the difference?

squirrel | capybara |

As nouns the difference between squirrel and capybara

is that squirrel is any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae distinguished by their large bushy tail while capybara is a semi-aquatic South American rodent, species: Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, the largest living rodent.

As a verb squirrel

is to store in a secretive manner, to hide something for future use.

squirrel

English

(wikipedia squirrel)

Noun

(Sciuridae) (en noun)
  • Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae distinguished by their large bushy tail.
  • (Scientology, often, disparaging) A person, usually a freezoner, who applies L. Ron Hubbard's technology in a heterodox manner.
  • One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.

    • Derived terms

    * gray squirrel * red squirrel

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To store in a secretive manner, to hide something for future use

    • Usage notes

    * In addition to the single-L forms (m) and (m) given above, the less-common double-L forms (m) and (m) are also attested in UK usage.

    Derived terms

    * *

    capybara

    English

    (wikipedia capybara)

    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.

    Derived terms

    * lesser capybara ()

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