paca
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
paca /ˈpakə/
▶noun a large nocturnal South American rodent that has a reddish-brown coat patterned with rows of white spots, hunted for its flesh. [Genus Agouti: two species, in particular A. paca.]
– origin C17: via Sp. and Port. from Tupi.
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