| NOUN | animal | Chinchilla laniger, chinchilla | small rodent with soft pearly grey fur |
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| Meaning | small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur. | |
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| Synonym | chinchilla | |
| Member of | genus Chinchilla | type genus of the Chinchillidae |
| Broader | rodent, gnawer | relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing |
| Spanish | chinchilla | |
| Catalan | chinchilla, xinxilla | |
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