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CHINCHILLA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur

Synonyms:

chinchilla; Chinchilla laniger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("chinchilla" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Holonyms ("chinchilla" is a member of...):

genus Chinchilla (type genus of the Chinchillidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chinchilla" is a kind of...):

coating (a heavy fabric suitable for coats)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("chinchilla" is a kind of...):

fur; pelt (the dressed hairy coat of a mammal)

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