[SOC] Gobsmacked

[Bob Nielsen]

On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 10:30:24AM +1000, Ian C. Purdie wrote:
> Bob Nielsen wrote:
> 
> > I have the "dict" program installed on my computer and it found it:
> 
> Which one pray tell? Does it contain the word "nutria", from a trivial daily
> newspaper puzzle allegedly containing ordinary everyday words?


Actually there are several word lists that it can use--

$ dict nutria
3 definitions found

>From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
[gcide]:

  Nutria \Nu"tri*a\, n. [Sp. nutria an otter, fr. L. lutra,
     lytra.]
     The fur of the coypu. See {Coypu}.
     [1913 Webster]

>From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
[gcide]:

  Coypu \Coy"pu\ (koi"p??), n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
     A South American rodent ({Myopotamus coypus}), allied to the
     beaver. It produces a valuable fur called {nutria}. [Written
     also {coypou}.]
     [1913 Webster]

>From WordNet (r) 1.7.1 (July 2002) [wn]:

  nutria
       n : aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver;
           bred for its fur [syn: {coypu}, {Myocastor coypus}]


Bob, N7XY