chinchilla
/t͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪlə/
chinchilla noun: a small, crepuscular rodent of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes Mountains, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
Noun
chinchilla (countable and uncountable, plural chinchillas)
- A small, crepuscular rodent of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes Mountains, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
- 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 - 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...
- 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.
- The fur of a chinchilla, used for clothing.
- A variety of Persian cat with white fur and green eyes.
Proper noun capitalized: Chinchilla
Chinchilla (plural Chinchillas)
- A surname from Spanish.
chinchilla meaning in Malay
chinchilla in Malay
- rodent
- cincila
Forms of chinchilla
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | chinchillas |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Chinchillas |
Origin of chinchilla
Borrowed from Spanish chinchilla.
Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Chinchilla. This surname is mostly found in Costa Rica.
Words formed from chinchilla
Phrases with chinchilla
Words that rhyme with chinchilla
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- granadilla
- maxilla
- villa
- cascarilla
- cedilla
- coronilla
- mammilla
- mantilla
- Priscilla
- rachilla
- sabadilla
- sapodilla
- scilla
- scintilla
- tefilla
- Anguilla
- antiguerrilla
- aspergilla
- axizilla
- bitchzilla
- bridezilla
- camarilla
- Chipzilla
- couplezilla
- cuntzilla
- Drusilla
- Fedzilla
- fibrilla
- Godzilla
- groomzilla
- hemimaxilla
- hydrilla
- manilla
- millah
- momzilla
- perilla
- premaxilla
- promzilla
- salsilla
- scrilla
- sensilla
- septomaxilla
- serial killer
- sherilla
- Silla
- sinsemilla
- spirilla
- submaxilla
Questions about chinchilla
- What does chinchilla mean?
- Chinchilla means a small, crepuscular rodent of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes Mountains, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
- What is chinchilla in Malay?
- Chinchilla in Malay is cincila. See Chinchilla meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is chinchilla?
- Chinchilla can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce chinchilla?
- Chinchilla is pronounced /t͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪlə/.
- What is the plural of chinchilla?
- The plural of chinchilla is chinchillas.
Words near chinchilla in the dictionary
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