pacarana /ˌpakəˈrɑːnə 
/ ▸ noun a slow-moving South American rodent with a sturdy body, having coarse dark hair with white stripes along the back and a short furry tail. Dinomys branickii, the only member of the family Dinomyidae.
– ORIGIN from Tupi, literally ‘false paca’.
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