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Coypu vs Marmot - What's the difference?

coypu | marmot |

As nouns the difference between coypu and marmot

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 marmot is any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and genus: Cynomys in the squirrel family.

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 )

    marmot

    English

    (wikipedia marmot)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and in the squirrel family.

    • Derived terms

    (marmot) * (Alaska marmot) * (alpine marmot) * (black-capped marmot) * (bobak marmot) * (gray marmot) * Himalayan marmot * hoary marmot * (long-tailed marmot) * (marmot squirrel) * (vern, Menzbier's marmot) * (olympic marmot) * (prairie marmot) * (tarbagan marmot) * (Vancouver marmot) * (yellow-bellied marmot)

    See also

    * groundhog * woodchuck ----