rodent vs Myocastor coypus

Myocastor coypus vs rodent

rodent and Myocastor coypus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rodent	Yes	No	No	No
Myocastor coypus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Myocastor coypus is a hyponym of rodent; that is, Myocastor coypus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rodent:

rodent: relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
Myocastor coypus: aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur

Other hyponyms of rodent include mouse, rat, murine, water rat, New World mouse, muskrat, musquash, Ondatra zibethica, Florida water rat, Neofiber alleni, round-tailed muskrat, cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, wood-rat, wood rat, hamster, gerbil, gerbille, lemming, hedgehog, porcupine, jumping mouse, jerboa, dormouse, squirrel, prairie dog, prairie marmot, marmot, beaver, Aplodontia rufa, mountain beaver, sewellel, cavy, Dolichotis patagonum, mara, capibara, capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, agouti, Dasyprocta aguti, Cuniculus paca, paca, mountain paca, coypu, nutria, chinchilla, Chinchilla laniger, mountain chinchilla, mountain viscacha, chinchillon, Lagostomus maximus, viscacha, abrocome, chinchilla rat, rat chinchilla, mole rat, mole rat, sand rat.

rodent (noun)	Myocastor coypus (noun)
relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing	aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur

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