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Either of two small, crepuscular rodents of the genus Chinchilla , native to the Andes, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
* 2004 , Jamie Huggins, Chinchillas - from Pets to Profession ,
* 2008 , Jeff Wyatt, Chapter 17: Anesthesia and Analgesia in Other Mammals'', Richard E. Fish, Marilyn J. Brown, Peggy J. Danneman, Alicia Z. Karas (editors), ''Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals ,
* 2009 , Ron E. Banks, Julie M. Sharp, Sonia D. Doss, Deborah A. Vanderford, Exotic Small Mammal Care and Husbandry ,
(uncountable) The fur of a chinchilla , used for clothing.
A small mammal, of the subfamily Erinaceinae, characterized by its spiny back and by its habit of rolling itself into a ball when attacked.
A type of moveable military barricade made from crossed logs or steel bars, laced with barbed wire, used to damage or impede tanks and vehicles; Czech hedgehog.
The nickname for a spigot mortar-type of depth charge weapon from World War II that simultaneously fires a number of explosives into the water to create a pattern of underwater explosions intended to attack submerged submarines.
(Australia) A type of chocolate cake (or slice), somewhat similar to an American brownie.
* 2005 , Paul Mitchell, The Favourite'', Frank Moorhouse, ''The Best Australian Stories 2005 ,
* 2008 , Lili Wilkinson, The Not Quite Perfect Boyfriend ,
* 2009 , , The Skull: Informers, Hit Men and Australia's Toughest Cop ,
A form of dredging machine.
* 1868 , "Dredging," article in Charles Tomlinson (editor), Cyclopædia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering , Volume 1,
The flowering plant , the pods of which are armed with short spines.
As a proper noun chinchilla
is .As a noun hedgehog is
a small mammal, of the subfamily erinaceinae, characterized by its spiny back and by its habit of rolling itself into a ball when attacked.chinchilla
English
(wikipedia chinchilla)Noun
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- It's important to put a lot of thought into owning a chinchilla since they have a considerably long lifespan of 10 to 20 years.
- Chinchillas are most widely known for their exceptional fur coat.
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- Chinchillas' inhabit high elevations (3,000–5,000m) of the Chilean Andes Mountains. The ' chinchillas kept as pet or research animals in North America are all descendents(sic) of 13 founders wild caught in 1927.
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- Chinchillas' are long-lived rodents that are native to South America, primarily Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. The '''chinchilla is a hystricomorph (hedgehoglike) rodent closely related to guinea pigs, porcupines, and agoutis (Hrapkiewicz ''et al. , 1998).
Derived terms
* long-tailed chinchilla () * short-tailed chinchilla (, formerly C. brevicaudata )See also
* viscacha ----hedgehog
English
(wikipedia hedgehog)Noun
(en noun)page 145,
- There are hedgehogs with sultanas as well as breadcrumbs, carrot cakes and fruitcakes and banana walnut loaves.
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- I am so flustered that I order a vanilla slice instead of hedgehog .
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- His wife had made a hedgehog cake and he offered some but Murphy refused – his mouth was so dry with terror he couldn?t swallow.
- (Knight)
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- The first machines merely loosened, but did not raise the stuff, a scouring being afterwards effected by means of sluices. These machines consisted of large bars or prongs placed vertically in a frame, and being fastened to a barge placed in the line of the sluices, the whole was inpelled forward by the current, thereby scouring the bed. Such a machine, called a hedgehog , is still used in Lincolnshire.
- (Loudon)