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Coypu vs Gopher - What's the difference?

coypu | gopher |

As nouns the difference between coypu and gopher

is that coypu is a large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (myocastor coypus ) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to south america and introduced to europe, asia and north america, valued for its fur in eastern europe and central asia and considered a pest elsewhere while gopher is (internet) an internet protocol for document search and retrieval.

coypu

English

(wikipedia coypu) (Myocastor coypus)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus ) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere.

    • Synonyms

    * nutria (especially North America )

    gopher

    English

    Etymology 1

    Perhaps from French gaufre, based on the analogy of holes in the ground to the indentations in a waffle.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small burrowing rodent, especially in the family Geomyidae.
  • The gopher tortoise

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • See also

    * gopher wood * gauffre