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MOUNTAIN CHINCHILLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity
Synonyms:
mountain chinchilla; mountain viscacha
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mountain chinchilla" is a kind of...):
gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)
Holonyms ("mountain chinchilla" is a member of...):
genus Lagidium; Lagidium (a genus of Chinchillidae)
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