paca (n.)

large rodent of Central and South America, 1650s, from Spanish, from Tupi (Brazil) paca, the native name for it.

also from 1650s

adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.

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updated on December 04, 2019

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