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chinchilla rat

chinchilla rat noun: any of the caviomorph rodents of family Abrocomidae, native to the Andes Mountains.

chinchilla rat: any of the caviomorph rodents of family Abrocomidae, native to the Andes Mountains
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Noun

chinchilla rat (plural chinchilla rats)

  1. Any of the caviomorph rodents of family Abrocomidae, native to the Andes Mountains.
    • The chinchilla rat is a nocturnal rodent about the same size as a degu.[…]Chinchilla rats and degus live together in harmony, often seeming oblivious to each other's presence.2001, Sharon Lynn Vanderlip, chapter I, in Degus, page 41
    • Chinchilla rats look roughly like large woodrats (Neotoma, Cricetidae), reach over 400 millimeters in total length, and resemble octodontids in many ways.2011, Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Mammalogy, 5th edition, page 232

Synonyms of chinchilla rat

Forms of chinchilla rat

pluralchinchilla rats

Words formed from chinchilla rat

  • Asháninka arboreal chinchilla rat
  • ashy chinchilla rat
  • Bennett's chinchilla rat
  • Bolivian chinchilla rat
  • Budin's chinchilla rat
  • Famatina chinchilla rat (Abrocoma famatina
  • Machu Picchu arboreal chinchilla rat
  • Mendozan chinchilla rat
  • Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat
  • Sierra del Tontal chinchilla rat
  • Uspallata chinchilla rat

Questions about chinchilla rat

What does chinchilla rat mean?
Chinchilla rat means any of the caviomorph rodents of family Abrocomidae, native to the Andes Mountains.
What part of speech is chinchilla rat?
Chinchilla rat is a noun.
What is the plural of chinchilla rat?
The plural of chinchilla rat is chinchilla rats.

Words near chinchilla rat in the dictionary

  1. Chinchew
  2. Chinchiang
  3. chinchier
  4. chinchiest
  5. chinchilla
  6. chinchilla rat
  7. chinchilla rats
  8. chinchilla wattle
  9. chinchilla wattles
  10. chinchillada
  11. chinchilladas

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