Octodon

Translingual
Octodon degus (common degu)

Etymology

Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”), according to the wear pattern of the teeth of these rodents, which resembles a figure 8.

Proper noun

Octodon m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Octodontidae – the degus.

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