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Synonyms for chinchilla
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : chin-chil-uh |
| Phonetic Transcription : tʃɪnˈtʃɪl ə |
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Définition of chinchilla
Origin :- small South American rodent, 1590s, from Spanish, literally "little bug," diminutive of chinche (see chinch); perhaps a folk-etymology alteration of a word from Quechua or Aymara.
- As in rabbit : noun animal
- The chinchilla, another rodent, is very common in the fields and esteros.
- Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Had I done this, when I was choosing my chinchilla cap and grey cloak?
- Extract from : « Daisy » by Elizabeth Wetherell
- It occurred to her, also, that the velvet and chinchilla simply shouted "Money!"
- Extract from : « Angel Unawares » by C. N. Williamson
- He has got a big name for the fur, and expects to cut out Chinchilla with it.
- Extract from : « Dariel » by R. D. Blackmore
- I read how there's a big market for chinchilla skins right now.
- Extract from : « The Jack-Knife Man » by Ellis Parker Butler
- The bulla attains its maximum development in Chinchilla and Dipus.
- Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
- The chinchilla around her neck and in her little toque was most becoming.
- Extract from : « The Hillman » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Fur is longer and weaker and poorer and yellower than chinchilla.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 » by Various
- The Chinchilla is about nine inches long, its tail being about five inches.
- Extract from : « Natural History in Anecdote » by Various
- The trade in ermine skins is falling off, as is also the trade in chinchilla.
- Extract from : « Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon » by Robert A. Sterndale
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