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paca definition

paca (pä′kə, pak′ə)

noun

any of a genus (Cuniculus, family Dasyproctidae) of short-tailed or tailless burrowing, vegetarian rodents of South and Central America, with spotted brown fur and hooflike toes

Etymology: Port & Sp < Tupí páca

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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