pacarana
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pacarana
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From Portuguese and Spanish pacarana. From Old Tupi [Term?] (“false paca”).
noun pacaranas
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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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Talk about this word "pacarana." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pacarana. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pacarana. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pacarana "pacarana." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pacarana.Cite this
@misc{pacarana_2026,
title = {pacarana},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pacarana},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}