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Meaning of chinchilla rat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of the caviomorph rodents of family Abrocomidae, native to the Andes Mountains.

Equivalents

Suomi tsintsilloni

Examples

“The chinchilla rat is a nocturnal rodent about the same size as a degu.[…]Chinchilla rats and degus live together in harmony, often seeming oblivious to each other's presence.”
“Chinchilla rats look roughly like large woodrats (Neotoma, Cricetidae), reach over 400 millimeters in total length, and resemble octodontids in many ways.”
“There are also two species of chinchilla rat, agile rock climbers that ascend bushes when feeding.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

chinchilla wattle chinchillada chinchillation chinchillid chinchilloid chinchillon

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