Nutria fur Nutria fur Nutria fur, also known as coypu fur, is used in the fashion industry. It comes from the coypu, a South American rodent and cousin of the beaver. The rat is a semi-aquatic mammal native to South America. It first became internationally popular as a fur in the 1930s, when it was worn by Hollywood stars such as Greta Garbo. It resembles beaver, with stiff guard hairs and a soft, short undercoat. It was originally imported to the southern United States – possibly as early as the 19th century, although in larger numbers from the 1950s – to reduce
Aengus (given name) Aengus (given name) Aengus is a masculine given name in Irish. It is composed of the Celtic elements meaning "one", and "choice". It is the Irish form of the Scottish Gaelic "Aonghas", "Aonghus". These three Gaelic names are Anglicised as "Angus' or as "Aeneas." The earliest form of the given name "Angus", and its cognates, occurs in Adomnán's "Vita Columbae" (English: ""Life of Columba"") as "Oinogusius", "Oinogussius". This name likely refers to a Pictish king whose name is recorded variously as "Onnust", "Hungus". According to historian Alex Woolf, the early Gaelic form of the name, "Oengus", was borrowed from the