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Definition of Chinchillas
1. chinchilla [n] - See also: chinchilla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinchillas
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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