nutria

English Thesaurus

1. aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	gnawer, rodent,
definition	:	relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus myocastor, myocastor,
definition	:	a genus of Capromyidae (noun.animal)