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- n aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur
- Some bought bleached otter; others snapped up dyed beaver, nutria or sable.
- Under pressure from the Astor lobby, Congress obligingly laid extra duties on imported nutria skins, cony, wool and Russian hares, all of which competed with Astor's beavers and .
- In the fur business it is necessary to dye fitch to represent sable, goat for bear, muskrat for seal, nutria for beaver, rabbit for seal, beaver, otter, mole, chinchilla or .