ˈn(y)ütrēə noun
( -s )
Etymology: Spanish nutria, nutra coypu, otter, modification of Latin lutra otter; akin to Greek hydros water snake — more at otter
1.
a. : coypu 1
b. : the fur of the coypu that is usually light brown but occasionally black, is durable, and is plucked and blended to imitate beaver
2. : an olive gray that is paler than the color rat and redder and darker than stone gray — called also beaverpelt, grège