culpeo C2+ Topic:Animals US /kʊlˈpeɪoʊ/ UK /kʊlˈpeɪəʊ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a large foxlike South American canid of the Andes and Patagonia, Lycalopex culpaeus A culpeo searched the Andean scrub for rodents and carrion. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a large foxlike south... Andean foxAndean wolfzorro culpeo Word family Related forms Lycalopex culpaeusSouth American foxcanidPatagonia Etymology Borrowed from Spanish culpeo, itself from Mapudungun culpeu or kulpew, the Indigenous name for the animal. The scientific epithet culpaeus preserves another Latinized form of the same name. Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # culpeo **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kʊlˈpeɪoʊ/ **IPA (UK):** /kʊlˈpeɪəʊ/ ## Meanings 1. a large foxlike South American canid of the Andes and Patagonia, Lycalopex culpaeus ## Examples - A culpeo searched the Andean scrub for rodents and carrion. ## Synonyms - Andean fox - Andean wolf - zorro culpeo ## Related Forms - Lycalopex culpaeus - South American fox - canid - Patagonia ## Etymology Borrowed from Spanish culpeo, itself from Mapudungun culpeu or kulpew, the Indigenous name for the animal. The scientific epithet culpaeus preserves another Latinized form of the same name. ## Topics - Animals markdown