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Definition of Chinchillidae
1. Noun. Small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents.
Exact synonyms: Family Chinchillidae
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Hystricomorpha, Suborder Hystricomorpha
Member holonyms: Genus Chinchilla, Genus Lagidium, Lagidium, Genus Lagostomus, Lagostomus, Abrocoma, Genus Abrocoma
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Hystricomorpha, Suborder Hystricomorpha
Member holonyms: Genus Chinchilla, Genus Lagidium, Lagidium, Genus Lagostomus, Lagostomus, Abrocoma, Genus Abrocoma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinchillidae
Literary usage of Chinchillidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions to the Comparative Anatomy of the Mammalian Eye by George Lindsay Johnson (1901)
"The Common Guinea-pig (Cavia porcellus) has a fundus similar to that of the
chinchillidae, except that the opaque nerve fibres in the vicinity of the disc ..."