degu
English
Etymology
From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mapudungun deuñ, via South American (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish.
Noun
degu (plural degus)
- Any species of the genus Octodon, especially Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., a small, caviomorph rodent native to Chile.
- 2008, Ana Maria Rodriguez, Secret of the Singing Mice... and More!, page 37,
- Along the trails, degus leave mini-urine puddles marking the trail.
- 2011, Elsie Jones-Smith, Spotlighting the Strengths of Every Single Student, page 80,
- Dr. Braun used used laboratory rats called degus or brush-tail rats (Octodon degus), a species of rodent closely related to guinea pigs. […] In their natural environment, degu infants are raised jointly by their father and mother and are extremely communicative, using whistling tones to carry on intensive “conversations.”
- 2011, Katherine Quesenberry, James W. Carpenter, Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery, unnumbered page,
- Degus, or trumpet-tail rats, come from Chile. Taxonomically, they are in the same diverse order as guinea pigs and chinchillas. Degus have been used as laboratory animals for 20 years and in recent years have become popular as pets in the United States and Europe.
- 2008, Ana Maria Rodriguez, Secret of the Singing Mice... and More!, page 37,
Synonyms
- (Octodon degus): brush-tailed rat, trumpet-tailed rat(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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Derived terms
- Bridges' degu (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- common degu' (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Mocha Island degu (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- moon-toothed degu (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Pacific degu (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
Translations
any species of genus Octodon
Octodon degus
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See also
References
- “degu”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
degu
- octodontid (rodent of the Octodontidae family)
- degu (any species of the genus Octodon)
- common degu, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.
Declension
Inflection of degu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | degu | degut | |
genitive | degun | degujen | |
partitive | degua | deguja | |
illative | deguun | deguihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | degu | degut | |
accusative | nom. | degu | degut |
gen. | degun | ||
genitive | degun | degujen | |
partitive | degua | deguja | |
inessive | degussa | deguissa | |
elative | degusta | deguista | |
illative | deguun | deguihin | |
adessive | degulla | deguilla | |
ablative | degulta | deguilta | |
allative | degulle | deguille | |
essive | deguna | deguina | |
translative | deguksi | deguiksi | |
abessive | degutta | deguitta | |
instructive | — | deguin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
- (octodontid): torvimyyrä
- (Octodon degu): torvimyyrä
Derived terms
- andiendegu, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (Bridge’s degu)
- andienkividegu, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (Chilean rock rat)
- chilendegu, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (moon-toothed degu)
- kividegu, any species of the genus Aconaemys (rock rat)
- tasankokividegu, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (Sage’s rock rat)
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -u
Noun
degu m (uncountable)
Latvian
Verb
degu
- (deprecated template usage) 1st person singular present indicative form of degt
- (deprecated template usage) 1st person singular past indicative form of degt
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Verb
degù
Categories:
- English terms derived from Mapudungun
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Caviomorphs
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Rhymes:Italian/u
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian uncountable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Latvian non-lemma forms
- Latvian verb forms
- Lithuanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lithuanian non-lemma forms
- Lithuanian verb forms