How to Use capybara in a Sentence

capybara

noun
Definition of capybaranext
  • At over 100 pounds, the capybara is the world’s largest rodent.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The capybara is the world's largest rodent and a close relative of the guinea pig.
    — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2022
  • And the world's largest rodent, the capybara, is the perfect entree.
    — National Geographic, 31 Aug. 2016
  • The jaguar lunged; the capybaras barked a warning, then zipped into the water.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The capybara is currently the world’s largest rodent and can reach up to 130 pounds.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2022
  • Those that are more mobile will do better in the short-term, such as large cats, capybaras, birds of prey.
    — Hira Humayun, CNN, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Joined by a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog, the cat embarks on a perilous journey by boat in search of dry land.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Now the zoo has revealed that its capybara colony has grown to 11 with the new addition of five new pups that were born just two weeks ago.
    — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The zoo also used the viral post to ask their over 1 million followers for name ideas for the capybara.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Phil is usually wrong and the Cincinnati Zoo's capybara went the other way.
    — Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Black caimans are fierce predators, feeding on a range of fish, reptiles, and rodents (like the capybara).
    — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The Akron Zoo on Tuesday announced the death of Atlantis, its 10-year-old female capybara.
    — Megan Becka, cleveland, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The other was a type of rodent known as caviomorphs, ancestors of creatures like the capybara.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Today, though, the only sign of them is the ravaged carcass of a capybara, and beside it, perhaps, a few faint paw prints.
    — Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Cavies are closely related to capybaras, the world's largest rodent, weighing up to 100 pounds.
    — Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 22 May 2018
  • Finally, one capybara was captured on June 12, the second on June 28.
    — Karen Bliss, Billboard, 25 June 2017
  • Jaguars and caimans, for example, love snacking on capybaras.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The capybara munch on ice popsicles made of lettuce, cucumber and sweet potato, while the emus cool down with fans and kiddie pools.
    — Martin Vassolo, Axios, 24 July 2024
  • The cat-size dragonfly, the double-decker-bus-size rhino, the capybara that could dunk a basketball?
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • In some places, up to 98 percent of caimans are suspected dead, and 80 percent of the capybara population has died.
    — Aaron Sidder, National Geographic, 22 July 2016
  • Once in the water, a capybara can keep its entire body submerged, exposing just its eyes and nostrils.
    — National Geographic, 9 June 2016
  • Watching a capybara look contentedly out of place among guinea pigs helps.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Ever idly wondered if a capybara could somehow take down an elephant in a beachfront brawl?
    — David Shiffman, Scientific American, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Ben's exhibit is housed in the southeast section of the zoo neighboring capybaras and giant anteaters.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Months after that, the cubs will start hunting for themselves, practicing on capybaras and other live prey.
    — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 11 June 2018
  • The same logic is applied in Venezuela, where Catholics feast upon capybara, a large, semi-aquatic rodent.
    — Gena Steffens, National Geographic, 29 Apr. 2019
  • Soaking in baths full of fruit in Japan A pair of adult capybara and three babies take a yuzu-yu, or a hot bath with yuzu citrus fruits, a winter solstice ritual in Japan.
    — Time, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Rougier described the creature as very roughly resembling a beaver or a small capybara.
    — Fox News, 1 May 2020
  • One example is the jaguar, which preys on a range of animals from capybaras to aquatic organisms, according to the WWF.
    — Hira Humayun, CNN, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The rest — a group that over the years has included lions, parrots, eagles, badgers, sloths, a capybara, a bearcat and an anteater — are usually just stopping through.
    — Claire Fahy, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024

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