MOUNTAIN CHINCHILLA
Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain chinchilla mean? • MOUNTAIN CHINCHILLA (noun)
The noun MOUNTAIN CHINCHILLA has 1 sense:
1. a rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity
Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN CHINCHILLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MOUNTAIN CHINCHILLA (noun)
Meaning:
A rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
mountain chinchilla; mountain viscacha
Hypernyms ("mountain chinchilla" is a kind of...):
gnawer; gnawing animal; rodent (relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)
Holonyms ("mountain chinchilla" is a member of...):
genus Lagidium; Lagidium (a genus of Chinchillidae)
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