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GENUS CHINCHILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chinchilla mean? 

GENUS CHINCHILLA (noun)
  The noun GENUS CHINCHILLA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Chinchillidaeplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS CHINCHILLA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS CHINCHILLA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Chinchillidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Chinchilla" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Chinchilla"):

chinchilla; Chinchilla laniger (small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur)

Holonyms ("genus Chinchilla" is a member of...):

Chinchillidae; family Chinchillidae (small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents)


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