chinchillid

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chinchillid (plural chinchillids)

  1. (zoology) Any rodent in the family Chinchillidae.
    • 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 66:
      Chinchillids like Eoviscaccia are not yet strongly adapted to the cooler climates found in either high altitudes or southerly altitudes.

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