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Vole vs Chinchilla - What's the difference?

vole | chinchilla |

As a verb vole

is to want.

As a proper noun chinchilla is

.

vole

English

(wikipedia vole)

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the family Cricetidae.
  • Derived terms
    * volelike * water vole

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A deal in a card game that draws all the tricks.
  • (Jonathan Swift)

    Verb

    (vol)
  • (card games) To win all the tricks by a vole.
  • (Alexander Pope)
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    chinchilla

    Noun

  • 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 , page 3,
  • 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.
  • * 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 , page 469,
  • 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.
  • * 2009 , Ron E. Banks, Julie M. Sharp, Sonia D. Doss, Deborah A. Vanderford, Exotic Small Mammal Care and Husbandry , page 125,
  • 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).
  • (uncountable) The fur of a chinchilla , used for clothing.
  • Derived terms

    * long-tailed chinchilla () * short-tailed chinchilla (, formerly C. brevicaudata )

    See also

    * viscacha ----