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Chinchillidae

plural noun
Chin·chil·li·dae

Definition of Chinchillidae 

: a family of small bushy-tailed burrowing hystricomorph rodents of the uplands of South America that includes the chinchillas, the vizcachas, and extinct related forms

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History and Etymology for Chinchillidae

New Latin, from Chinchilla, type genus + -idae

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