Definitions for pacaˈpɑ kə, ˈpæk ə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pa•caˈpɑ kə, ˈpæk ə(n.)(pl.)-cas.

  1. either of two large, white-spotted, almost tailless tropical American rodents of the genus

    Cuniculus.

    Category: Mammals

Origin of paca:

1650–60; < Sp or Pg < Tupi

Princeton's WordNet

  1. paca, Cuniculus paca(noun)

    large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food

Wiktionary

  1. paca(Noun)

    A large rodent, with dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along its sides, native to Central America and South America.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Paca(noun)

    a small South American rodent (Coelogenys paca), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is nearly allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig


Translations for paca

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

blot(noun)

a spot or stain (often of ink)

an exercise book full of blots.

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