Definition of Chinchillas

1. Noun. (plural of chinchilla) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chinchillas

1. chinchilla [n] - See also: chinchilla

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinchillas

chinazol
chinbone
chinbones
chincapin
chincapins
chinch
chinch bug
chincherie
chincherinchee
chincherinchees
chinches
chinchier
chinchiest
chinchilla
chinchilla rat
chinchillas (current term)
chinchillid
chinchillids
chinchillon
chinchona
chinchy
chindit
chindits
chine
chined
chines
chinese hamster ovary cell
chinese restaurant syndrome
ching
ching chong

Literary usage of Chinchillas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Fur Traders and Fur Bearing Animals by Marcus Petersen (1914)
"The skins incorrectly named and known to the trade as "Bastard chinchillas" (Chinchilla-lanigera), come from the La Plata Valley, and owing to the lower ..."

2. The Natural & Moral History of the Indies by José de Acosta (1880)
"IT. iphe chinchillas is another kind of small beasts, like squirrels ... of the haire of these chinchillas, which are found on the Sierra of Peru, ..."

3. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"Secondly, chinchillas or tame silver-greys (I will use the former name) have short ... 1 Tchad a breed of chinchillas which had been crossed with the common ..."

4. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"Secondly, chinchillas or tame silver-greys (I will use the former name) have ... He had a breed of chinchillas which had been crossed with the common black ..."

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