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: any of three large nocturnal chiefly Central and South American rodents (Cuniculus paca, C. hernandezi, and C. taczanowskii) that typically have a white-spotted brownish coat
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Researchers identified one of the fragments as a leg of a ceramic animal—maybe an armadillo or lowland paca, a large rodent.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2024
The wildlife surrounding the tribe — the tapirs, hogs, paca.
—Georgina Gustin, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2021
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2024
The wildlife surrounding the tribe — the tapirs, hogs, paca.
—Georgina Gustin, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2021
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“Paca.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paca. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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