English noun: chinchilla | |||
1. | chinchilla (substance) the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fur, pelt | ||
2. | chinchilla (artifact) a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton | ||
Broader (hypernym) | coating | ||
3. | chinchilla (animal) small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur | ||
Synonyms | Chinchilla laniger | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gnawer, rodent | ||
Member meronym | genus Chinchilla | ||