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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