Thesaurus: chinchilla
A small rodent (Chinchilla lanigera), of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili.
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- n. A small rodent (Chinchilla lanigera), of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili.
- n. The fur of the chinchilla.
- n. A heavy, long-napped, tufted woolen cloth.
- n. the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla
- n. a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton
- n. small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur
- 1. (Zoöl.) A small rodent (Chinchilla lanigera), of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili. 2. The fur of the chinchilla. 3. A heavy, longnapped, tufted woolen cloth.
- A small rodent (Chinchilla lanigera), of the size of a largesquirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of apearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili.
- n:100 n. the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla n. a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton n. small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur