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paca

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun paca has 1 sense

paca(n = noun.animal) cuniculus paca - large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food; Array

is a kind of gnawer, rodent

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CIDE DICTIONARY

paca, n. [Pg., from the native name.].

A large burrowing South American rodent (Agouti paca syn. Cuniculus paca, formerly Cœlogenys paca), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is closely allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig and is highly esteemed as food. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

paca, n. any tailless rodent of the genus Cuniculus, esp. the spotted cavy of S. and Central America.

Etymology

Sp. & Port., f. Tupi

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