Chinchillidae

plural noun

Chin·​chil·​li·​dae

: a family of small bushy-tailed burrowing hystricomorph rodents of the uplands of South America that includes the chinchillas, the vizcachas, and extinct related forms

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Chinchilla, type genus + -idae

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