资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Capybara \Ca`py*ba"ra\, n. [Sp. capibara, fr. the native name.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   A large South American rodent ({Hydroch[ae]rus capybara})
   Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest
   extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in
   height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is
   related; -- called also {cabiai} and {water hog}.