Meanings
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noun
a large foxlike South American canid of the Andes and Patagonia, Lycalopex culpaeus
A culpeo searched the Andean scrub for rodents and carrion.
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Synonyms
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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.