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CHINCHILLA LANIGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chinchilla laniger mean?
• CHINCHILLA LANIGER (noun)
The noun CHINCHILLA LANIGER has 1 sense:
1. small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur
Familiarity information: CHINCHILLA LANIGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
chinchilla; Chinchilla laniger
Hypernyms ("Chinchilla laniger" is a kind of...):
gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)
Holonyms ("Chinchilla laniger" is a member of...):
genus Chinchilla (type genus of the Chinchillidae)
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