Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theinfraorder Caviomorpha — thechinchillas and related animals.
Etymologies
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Chinchilla + -idae
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Examples
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_Chinchillidae_ = 5 genera, of which two are fossil.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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_Ctenodactylinae_ and _Chinchillidae_) and not supported below by
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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Chinchillidae; and ungulates allied to the llama; besides many other extinct forms of intermediate types or of uncertain affinities. [
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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