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chinchilline

chinchilline adjective: relating to, or resembling, the chinchilla, or other mammals of the family Chinchillidae.

Adjective

chinchilline (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Relating to, or resembling, the chinchilla, or other mammals of the family Chinchillidae.
    • Mr. Allen thinks, however, that some imperfectly known remains from the bone caves of Anguilla Island, called Amblyrhiza and Loxomylus, and supposed to be chinchilline, may also prove to belong here.1888, John Sterling Kingsley, The Riverside Natural History, volume 5, page 117
    • The characteristic fauna includes some aberrant didelphid and caenolestid opossums, and some distinct armadillos; many specialized hystricomorph rodents, such as chinchillas, viscachas, maras (harelike), chinchilline rats, octodon rats, and tuco-tucos (gopherlike) […]1950, Handbook of South American Indians

Questions about chinchilline

What does chinchilline mean?
Chinchilline means relating to, or resembling, the chinchilla, or other mammals of the family Chinchillidae.
What part of speech is chinchilline?
Chinchilline is an adjective.

Words near chinchilline in the dictionary

  1. chinchillas
  2. chinchillated
  3. chinchillation
  4. chinchillid
  5. chinchillids
  6. chinchilline
  7. chinchilloid
  8. chinchilloids
  9. chinchillon
  10. chinchillons
  11. chinchin

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