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Noun: chinchilla  chin'chi-lu
  1. A thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton
     
  2. Small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur
    - Chinchilla laniger
     
  3. The expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla

Derived forms: chinchillas

Type of: coating, fur, gnawer, pelt, rodent

Part of: genus Chinchilla

Encyclopedia: Chinchilla, Pennsylvania

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