Definitions for coypu

coypu coy·pu

Spelling: [koi-poo]
IPA: /ˈkɔɪ pu/

Coypu is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in coypu (copuy).

Definitions for coypu

noun

  1. a large, South American, aquatic rodent, Myocastor (or Myopotamus) coypus, yielding the fur nutria.

Origin of coypu

1785-95; American Spanish coipú Araucanian coipu

Examples for coypu

In habits and otherwise the coypu is much like the beaver, but is a smaller animal, and has a rounder tail.

The coypu, sometimes called the South American beaver, inhabits the river-banks, and is highly prized for its fur.

Another animal that is at least in one respect allied to the 'possum is the coypu.

coypu are abundant in the fresh waters of South America, even small ponds being often tenanted by one or more pairs.

One was the common Magellan otter (Lutra felina), the other a nutria (Myopotamus coypu).

Word Value for coypu
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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