paca
n. nocturnal burrowing rodent with a large head and brown fur with white spots found in Central and South America (similar to the agouti) | ||||
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Paca Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Paca
(n.)
A small South American rodent (Coelogenys paca), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is nearly allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig.
(n.)
A small South American rodent (Coelogenys paca), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is nearly allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig.
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paca
Noun
1. large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food
(synonym) Cuniculus paca
(hypernym) rodent, gnawer, gnawing animal
Noun
1. large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food
(synonym) Cuniculus paca
(hypernym) rodent, gnawer, gnawing animal
Paca Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
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PACA
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Paca Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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PACA
PACA may refer to:
- Pan American Christian Academy: a Christian school in São Paulo, Brazil.
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: a region of France
- Paca: a large rodent.
- Mountain Paca: a rodent inhabiting mountainous regions of Central and South America.
- William Paca: a signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
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Paca
For the village in Slovakia see Pača
The Paca (Agouti paca), also known as the Spotted Paca, is a large rodent found in tropical and sub-tropical America, from East-Central Mexico to Paraguay. It is called paca in most of its range, but tepezcuintle in Mexico and Guatemala, Conejo Pintado in Panamá, guanta in Ecuador, majás in Peru and boruga in Colombia. It is also known as the gibnut in Belize, where it is prized as a game animal, labba in Guyana and lappe on the island of Trinidad.
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Pača
Pača is a village and municipality in the Rožňava District in the Košice Region of middle-eastern Slovakia.
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