nutria
noun
nu·tria
| \ ˈnü-trē-ə
, ˈnyü-\
, ˈnyü-\
Definition of nutria
1
: the durable usually light brown fur of a nutria
2
: a large South American semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) with webbed hind feet and a round nearly hairless tail that has been introduced into parts of Europe, Asia, and North America
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The program is also bringing in dogs trained to detect nutria. — Cat Ferguson, The Mercury News, "California pledges millions to battle enormous, destructive swamp rats," 16 July 2019 Louisiana’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has increased the bounty from $5 to $6 after fewer nutrias have been caught than in the past. — USA TODAY, "Robot hostesses, veggie booze, ‘civil death’: News from around our 50 states," 4 July 2019 The nutria has already drawn the ire of environmentalists, farmers and local officials. — Los Angeles Times, "Newsletter: Divisions at a time for healing," 8 Aug. 2019 There are specific traps for miniature moles to two-foot-long nutria, a burrowing rodent with orange incisors that carries pathogens and parasites when diving into pools and ponds. — Janet Eastman, oregonlive.com, "What to do about cougars in the neighborhood, skunks under the house, bats in the attic," 19 July 2019 Officials hope the greater sum will encourage more hunters to kill nutrias during the 2019-20 season. — USA TODAY, "Robot hostesses, veggie booze, ‘civil death’: News from around our 50 states," 4 July 2019 State wildlife officials announced Tuesday that a nutria was killed on agricultural land west of Stockton in San Joaquin County. — Ryan Sabalow, sacbee, "Destructive swamp rodents are knocking on the Delta's door. Is it time to panic? | The Sacramento Bee," 17 Apr. 2018 But over the past 23 years, the most efficient method of ridding Jefferson Parish's drainage canals of nutria has been paying the Sheriff's Office SWAT team to kill them. — Drew Broach, NOLA.com, "Nutria in Jefferson Parish drainage canals to stay in SWAT crosshairs," 15 May 2018 The biologist has managed to catch and kill around 20 nutria since last year. — Ryan Sabalow, sacbee, "Invasive swamp rodent has California scrambling to come up with a battle plan | The Sacramento Bee," 22 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nutria.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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