pacarana

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pacarana

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From Portuguese and Spanish pacarana. From Old Tupi [Term?] (“false paca”).

noun pacaranas

  1. A large, rare, slow-moving rodent, Dinomys branickii, with a thick, furry tail, native to South America, the second-largest rodent after the capybara.

    Similar: Count Branicki's mouse

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noun rodent

Españolpacarana
한국어파카라나 pakarana
日本語パカラナ pakarana
中文長尾豚鼠 /长尾豚鼠 chángwěitúnshǔ
Portuguêspacarana
Françaispacarana
DeutschPakarana

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"pacarana." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pacarana. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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pacarana. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pacarana

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"pacarana." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pacarana.

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@misc{pacarana_2026,
  title = {pacarana},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pacarana},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}