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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A South American hystricomorphic rodent of the family Octodontidæ and genus Octodon, such as O. cumingi. See cut in next column.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A small South American rodent (Octodon Cumingii), of the family Octodontidæ.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Octodon degus, a small, caviomorph rodent that is native to Chile.
  • noun A member of various other species of the genus Octodon.

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