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Chinchilla   Listen
noun
Chinchilla  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A small rodent (Chinchilla lanigera), of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili.
2.
The fur of the chinchilla.
3.
A heavy, long-napped, tufted woolen cloth.





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"Chinchilla" Quotes from Famous Books



... down the staircase a few minutes later she was swathed in her chinchilla evening wrap, and she watched his face, after her custom when she expected to annoy him, with the furtive look that he had grown to ...
— Dangerous Days • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... while Beverley darted to her waiting chauffeur. He—Robbins, an elderly Englishman—was furious, but short of giving notice then and there, could do nothing save obey. The folding chairs were pulled out: on one was piled the car's best ornament, a large chinchilla rug, and some blue silk cushions. These gave support for the foot of the stretcher, its head resting on the seat; and the other folding chair was taken by the doctor who, sitting there, could hold his patient safely in place. Mrs. ...
— The Lion's Mouse • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson


Words linked to "Chinchilla" :   mountain chinchilla, rodent, Chinchilla laniger, coating, genus Chinchilla, fur, gnawer, chinchilla rat


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