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mountain degu

mountain degu noun: a South American rodent, Octodontomys gliroides, related to the degus.

mountain degu: a South American rodent, Octodontomys gliroides, related to the degus
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Noun

mountain degu (plural mountain degus)

  1. A South American rodent, Octodontomys gliroides, related to the degus.
    • 1990 [1936], James Frank Colyer (original author), A. E. W. Miles, Caroline Grigson (editors), Colyer's Variations and Diseases of the Teeth of Animals, 2003, Revised Edition, page 317,
      In Octodontomys gliroides (mountain degu), the buccal surfaces of the upper cheek teeth are progressively turned...
    Synonyms:
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Synonyms of mountain degu

Forms of mountain degu

pluralmountain degus

Questions about mountain degu

What does mountain degu mean?
Mountain degu means a South American rodent, Octodontomys gliroides, related to the degus.
What part of speech is mountain degu?
Mountain degu is a noun.
What is the plural of mountain degu?
The plural of mountain degu is mountain degus.

Words near mountain degu in the dictionary

  1. mountain crystal
  2. mountain crystals
  3. Mountain Cur
  4. Mountain Daylight Time
  5. mountain deer
  6. mountain degu
  7. mountain degus
  8. mountain devil
  9. mountain devils
  10. mountain dew
  11. Mountain Dews

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