Chinchilline

Quick meaning: Chinchilline is an adjective meaning (rare) Relating to, or resembling, the chinchilla, or other mammals of the family Chinchillidae.

Meaning

(rare) Relating to, or resembling, the chinchilla, or other mammals of the family Chinchillidae.

Example Sentences

The few micro-mammals recorded at Chucal are still either undescribed or endemic (e.g. chinchilline rodents) and can not be compared with those of high-latitude localities.

Mr. Allen thinks, however, that some imperfectly known remains from the bone caves of Anguilla Island, called Amblyrhiza and Loxomylus, and supposed to be chinchilline, may also prove to belong here.

The characteristic fauna includes some aberrant didelphid and caenolestid opossums, and some distinct armadillos; many specialized hystricomorph rodents, such as chinchillas, viscachas, maras (harelike), chinchilline rats, octodon rats, and tuco-tucos (gopherlike) […]

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