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chinchilla en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /t͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪlə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chinchilla.

Meanings

1. (countable) A small, crepuscular rodent of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes Mountains, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
   • Chinchillas inhabit high elevations (3,000–5,000m) of the Chilean Andes Mountains. The chinchillas kept as pet or research animals in North America are all descendents^([sic]) of 13 founders wild caught in 1927. 2008, Jeff Wyatt, “Chapter 17: Anesthesia and Analgesia in Other Mammals”, in Richard E. Fish, Marilyn J. Brown, Peggy J. Danneman, Alicia Z. Karas, editors, Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals, page 469:
   • Chinchillas are long-lived rodents that are native to South America, primarily Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. The chinchilla is a hystricomorph (hedgehoglike) rodent closely related to guinea pigs, porcupines, and agoutis (Hrapkiewicz et al., 1998). 2009, Ron E. Banks, Julie M. Sharp, Sonia D. Doss, Deborah A. Vanderford, Exotic Small Mammal Care and Husbandry, page 125:
   • It's important to put a lot of thought into owning a chinchilla since they have a considerably long lifespan of 10 to 20 years. Chinchillas are most widely known for their exceptional fur coat. 2004, Jamie Huggins, Chinchillas - from Pets to Profession, page 3:
2. (uncountable) The fur of a chinchilla, used for clothing.
3. (countable, uncountable) A variety of Persian cat with white fur and green eyes.

Forms

Deriveds

common chinchilla · chinchilla wattle · rat chinchilla · chinchilla rat · royal chinchilla · coastal chinchilla · chinchillada · chinny · chinchillalike · Burmilla · Bolivian chinchilla · Peruvian chinchilla · long-tailed chinchilla · chin · short-tailed chinchilla · Chilean chinchilla

Relateds

viscacha

Translations (46)

af chinchilla (rodent) · kk шиншилла (rodent) · ja チンチラ (rodent) · ro cincila (rodent) · bg чинчила (rodent) · fr chinchilla (fur) · it cincillà (fur) · fi chinchilla (rodent) · pl szynszyla (fur) · nl chinchilla (fur) · sv chinchilla (rodent) · ru шинши́лла (fur) · tr Amerika tavşanı (rodent) · da chinchilla (rodent) · hu csincsilla (rodent) · gl chinchilla (rodent) · fi tsintsilla (fur) · cmn 龍貓 /龙猫 (rodent) · ru шинши́лла (rodent) · de Chinchilla (rodent) · fr chinchilla (rodent) · ro șinșilă (rodent) · pl szynszyla (rodent) · nl chinchilla (rodent) · de Chinchilla (fur) · nn chinchilla (rodent) · nb chinchilla (rodent) · eo ĉinĉilo (rodent) · el τσιντσιλά (fur) · hu csincsilla (fur) · cs činčila (rodent) · fi tsintsilla (rodent) · it cincillà (rodent) · pt chinchila (rodent) · af chinchillabont (fur) · fi sinsilla (rodent) · el τσιντσιλά (rodent) · cmn 毛絲鼠 /毛丝鼠 (rodent) · es chinchilla (rodent) · cmn 栗鼠 (rodent) · ms cincila (rodent) · eo ĉinĉilino (rodent) · qu chinchilla (rodent) · eo ĉinĉilaĵo (fur) · cmn 絨鼠 /绒鼠 (rodent) · ca xinxilla (rodent)