Chinchillas'
ə noun
1.
a small, South American rodent, Chinchilla laniger, raised for its soft, silvery gray fur: now rare in the wild.
2.
the fur of this animal.
3.
something, as a coat or jacket, made of chinchilla fur: a floor-length chinchilla.
4.
a thick, napped, woolen fabric for coats.
Origin:
1595–1605; < Spanish, perhaps, equivalent to chinche chinch + -illa < Latin -illa diminutive suffix
1595–1605; < Spanish, perhaps, equivalent to chinche chinch + -illa < Latin -illa diminutive suffix
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| —n | |
| 1. | a small gregarious hystricomorph rodent, Chinchilla laniger, inhabiting mountainous regions of South America: family Chinchillidae. It has a stocky body and is bred in captivity for its soft silvery grey fur |
| 2. | the highly valued fur of this animal |
| 3. | mountain chinchilla, mountain viscacha any of several long-tailed rodents of the genus Lagidium, having coarse poor quality fur |
| 4. | a breed of rabbit with soft silver-grey fur |
| 5. | a thick napped woollen cloth used for coats |
| [C17: from Spanish, perhaps from Aymara] | |
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Word Origin & History
chinchilla
1593, from Sp., lit. "little bug" (see chinch); probably an alteration of a word from Quechua or Aymara.
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