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■ noun
1》 a small South American rodent with soft grey fur and a long bushy tail. [Genus Chinchilla : two species.]
2》 a cat or rabbit of a breed with silver-grey or grey fur.
3》 the highly valued fur of the ~, or of the ~ rabbit.
Origin
C17: from Sp., from Aymara or Quechua.