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Definitions of chinchilla in various dictionaries:
noun - the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla
noun - a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton
noun - small rodent with soft pearly grey fur
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| A real softy:CHAIN CHILL |
| Native to the Andes, this rodent is raised on farms for its extremely dense fur |
| In the '50s, many a politically incorrect coat was made from the furs of this herbivore |
| This soft, furry rodent seen here has become an increasingly popular house pet |
| Spaniards named these furry rodents for the Chincha Indians |
| Commercial breeding of this critter, seen here, began in 1923 when 11 were imported to California |
| This critter seen here was nearly hunted into extinction because it was prized for its fur |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| a small South American rodent with soft grey fur and a long bushy tail. |
| A squirrellike rodent (Chinchilla laniger) native to the mountains of South America and widely raised in captivity for its soft, pale gray fur. |
| The fur of this animal. |
| A thick twilled cloth of wool and cotton used for overcoats. |
| A small South American rodent with soft grey fur and a long bushy tail. |
| A cat or rabbit of a breed with silver-grey or grey fur. |
| The highly valued fur of the chinchilla, or of the chinchilla rabbit. |
| small rodent with soft pearly gray fur native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur |
| a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton |
| the expensive silvery gray fur of the chinchilla |
| Chinchilla description |
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Chinchillas are either of two species of crepuscular rodents of the parvorder Caviomorpha. They are slightly larger and more robust than ground squirrels, and are native to the Andes mountains in South America. They live in colonies called "herds" at high elevations of up to 4,270 m (14,000 ft). Historically, chinchillas lived in an area that included parts of Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, and Chile, but today, colonies in the wild are known only in Chile. Along with their relatives, viscachas, they make up the family Chinchillidae. They are also related to the chinchilla rat. * The chinchilla has the densest fur of all mammals that live on land. In the water, the sea otter has a denser coat. The chinchilla is named after the Chincha people of the Andes, who once wore its dense, velvet-like fur. By the end of the 19th century, chinchillas had become quite rare after being hunted for their ultra-soft fur. Most chinchillas currently used by the fur industry for clothing and other accessories a |