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CHINCHILLON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chinchillon mean?
• CHINCHILLON (noun)
The noun CHINCHILLON has 1 sense:
1. gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas
Familiarity information: CHINCHILLON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
chinchillon; Lagostomus maximus; viscacha
Hypernyms ("chinchillon" is a kind of...):
gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)
Holonyms ("chinchillon" is a member of...):
genus Lagostomus; Lagostomus (viscachas)
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