How to Use capybara in a Sentence

capybara

noun
  • There are cuddly plush capybaras and stretchy or squishy ones.
    — CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • She wasn’t allowed to chase the capybara down or anything like that.
    — Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Where can capybaras be seen in Kentucky?
    — Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • At over 100 pounds, the capybara is the world’s largest rodent.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2023
  • And there is also a capybara, a very chill type who gets along with everyone.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Cinnamon the capybara is on the run — and living her best life!
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The capybara is the world's largest rodent and a close relative of the guinea pig.
    — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2022
  • But in an alternate timeline, what would a capybaras sound like on the big screen?
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2025
  • And yes, the father is a capybara named Goomba.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • The jaguar lunged; the capybaras barked a warning, then zipped into the water.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2024
  • And the world's largest rodent, the capybara, is the perfect entree.
    — National Geographic, 31 Aug. 2016
  • Shoppers can find capybara slippers, purses, robes and bath bombs.
    — CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • That means the zoo’s capybara family has grown quickly.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Jaguars and caimans, for example, love snacking on capybaras.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Watching a capybara look contentedly out of place among guinea pigs helps.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 22 Feb. 2021
  • 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
  • Ever idly wondered if a capybara could somehow take down an elephant in a beachfront brawl?
    — David Shiffman, Scientific American, 22 Feb. 2021
  • 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 other was a type of rodent known as caviomorphs, ancestors of creatures like the capybara.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Apr. 2020
  • The capybara is currently the world’s largest rodent and can reach up to 130 pounds.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2022
  • Howler monkeys tend to prefer high trees while capybaras usually stick to grassy areas.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Wendt's has an animal experience to meet the park's sloths and capybaras up close.
    — Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Once in the water, a capybara can keep its entire body submerged, exposing just its eyes and nostrils.
    — National Geographic, 9 June 2016
  • According to the zoo’s news release, capybara pups begin eating grass at roughly one week old.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The father of both litters is Goomba, the resident male capybara at the zoo.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Rougier described the creature as very roughly resembling a beaver or a small capybara.
    — Fox News, 1 May 2020
  • 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
  • Months after that, the cubs will start hunting for themselves, practicing on capybaras and other live prey.
    — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 11 June 2018

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