Chinchilla

See also: chinchilla

Translingual

Chinchilla lanigera

Etymology

New Latin, from Spanish chinchilla, from Quechua or Aymara.

Proper noun

Chinchilla f

A taxonomic genus within the family Chinchillidae – the chinchillas.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Chinchilloidea - superfamily; Chinchillidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Chinchilla chinchilla (short-tailed chinchilla), Chinchilla lanigera (long-tailed chinchilla) (species)

Further reading

Chinchilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chinchilla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Chinchilla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Chinchilla in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Chinchilla on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Chinchilla at the Catalogue of Life
Chinchilla at Encyclopedia of Life
Chinchilla at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Chinchilla at Fossilworks

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Noun

Chinchilla n (genitive Chinchillas, plural Chinchilla)

chinchilla (animal)
chinchilla (fur)

Spanish

Proper noun

Chinchilla

A surname.

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