octodontid

English

Octodon degus

Etymology

Octodon +‎ -id < (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”), according to the wear pattern of the teeth of these rodents, which resembles a figure 8.

Noun

octodontid (plural octodontids)

1. (zoology) Any of the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the common degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species. They are also called degus.

Related terms

• octodontine

Synonyms

• degu

Translations

any of the Octodontidae

• Finnish: torvimyyrä, degu
• German: Trugratte (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: buskrotte m or f, trompetrotte m or f

  Nynorsk: buskrotte, trompetrotte f

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• Swedish: buskråtta c

Further reading

• octodontid on Wikispecies.Wikispecies