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Definitions of chinchilla

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

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roedor
relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
noun
a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton
noun
the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla

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type of:
piel
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

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