How to Use capybara in a Sentence

capybara

noun

• At over 100 pounds, the capybara is the world’s largest rodent.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2023
• The capybara is the world's largest rodent and a close relative of the guinea pig.
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2022
• And the world's largest rodent, the capybara, is the perfect entree.
  — National Geographic, 31 Aug. 2016
• The jaguar lunged; the capybaras barked a warning, then zipped into the water.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2024
• The capybara is currently the world’s largest rodent and can reach up to 130 pounds.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2022
• Those that are more mobile will do better in the short-term, such as large cats, capybaras, birds of prey.
  — Hira Humayun, CNN, 28 Aug. 2019
• Joined by a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog, the cat embarks on a perilous journey by boat in search of dry land.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
• Now the zoo has revealed that its capybara colony has grown to 11 with the new addition of five new pups that were born just two weeks ago.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 2 Apr. 2023
• The zoo also used the viral post to ask their over 1 million followers for name ideas for the capybara.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
• Phil is usually wrong and the Cincinnati Zoo's capybara went the other way.
  — Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati.com, 1 Feb. 2018
• Black caimans are fierce predators, feeding on a range of fish, reptiles, and rodents (like the capybara).
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2022
• The Akron Zoo on Tuesday announced the death of Atlantis, its 10-year-old female capybara.
  — Megan Becka, cleveland, 25 Oct. 2022
• The other was a type of rodent known as caviomorphs, ancestors of creatures like the capybara.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Apr. 2020
• Today, though, the only sign of them is the ravaged carcass of a capybara, and beside it, perhaps, a few faint paw prints.
  — Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2022
• Cavies are closely related to capybaras, the world's largest rodent, weighing up to 100 pounds.
  — Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 22 May 2018
• Finally, one capybara was captured on June 12, the second on June 28.
  — Karen Bliss, Billboard, 25 June 2017
• Jaguars and caimans, for example, love snacking on capybaras.
  — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
• The capybara munch on ice popsicles made of lettuce, cucumber and sweet potato, while the emus cool down with fans and kiddie pools.
  — Martin Vassolo, Axios, 24 July 2024
• The cat-size dragonfly, the double-decker-bus-size rhino, the capybara that could dunk a basketball?
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• In some places, up to 98 percent of caimans are suspected dead, and 80 percent of the capybara population has died.
  — Aaron Sidder, National Geographic, 22 July 2016
• Once in the water, a capybara can keep its entire body submerged, exposing just its eyes and nostrils.
  — National Geographic, 9 June 2016
• Watching a capybara look contentedly out of place among guinea pigs helps.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 22 Feb. 2021
• Ever idly wondered if a capybara could somehow take down an elephant in a beachfront brawl?
  — David Shiffman, Scientific American, 22 Feb. 2021
• Ben's exhibit is housed in the southeast section of the zoo neighboring capybaras and giant anteaters.
  — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2023
• Months after that, the cubs will start hunting for themselves, practicing on capybaras and other live prey.
  — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 11 June 2018
• The same logic is applied in Venezuela, where Catholics feast upon capybara, a large, semi-aquatic rodent.
  — Gena Steffens, National Geographic, 29 Apr. 2019
• Soaking in baths full of fruit in Japan A pair of adult capybara and three babies take a yuzu-yu, or a hot bath with yuzu citrus fruits, a winter solstice ritual in Japan.
  — Time, 13 Dec. 2017
• Rougier described the creature as very roughly resembling a beaver or a small capybara.
  — Fox News, 1 May 2020
• One example is the jaguar, which preys on a range of animals from capybaras to aquatic organisms, according to the WWF.
  — Hira Humayun, CNN, 28 Aug. 2019
• The rest — a group that over the years has included lions, parrots, eagles, badgers, sloths, a capybara, a bearcat and an anteater — are usually just stopping through.
  — Claire Fahy, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024