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- noun Plural form of
degu .
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Examples
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A pair of degus stepped inside, squeezing past the otters.
The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010
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The rodent genus Octodon comprises three species of degus, while the remaining four genera are all represented by single species: the Chilean climbing mouse (Irenomys tarsalis), the Chilean shrew opossum (Rhyncholestes raphanurus), the coruro (Spalacopus cyanus), and the monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides, VU).
Biological diversity in the Chilean winter rainfall-valdivian forests 2009
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Scientists have taught degus rodents to use rake...
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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But if I do it, I'd want to do it when my parents are here with the car, because I'm not about to bring degus home on the bus.
(666) 666-6666 emu-head 2006
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And when they do, I may or may not buy some degus.
(666) 666-6666 emu-head 2006
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We've never kept birds, and our mammal experience is limited to cats, ferrets, degus, and a variety of rodents AKA snake food.
Hamachi, we hardly knew ye Douglas Hoffman 2005
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Unfortunately, we have way too many mammals for my liking: three cats, one ferret, and four degus.
Archive 2005-08-01 Douglas Hoffman 2005
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Unfortunately, we have way too many mammals for my liking: three cats, one ferret, and four degus.
Dancing with Snoopy Douglas Hoffman 2005
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They also come in handy as sleep compartments for her pet degus!
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They also come in handy as sleep compartments for her pet degus!
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