Definitions for chinchilla

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chinchilla chin·chil·la

Spelling: [chin-chil-uh]

IPA: /tʃɪnˈtʃɪl ə/

Chinchilla is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 148 anagrams from letters in chinchilla (acchhiilln).

Definitions for chinchilla

noun

1. a small, South American rodent, Chinchilla laniger, raised for its soft, silvery gray fur: now rare in the wild.
2. the fur of this animal.
3. something, as a coat or jacket, made of chinchilla fur:
4. a thick, napped, woolen fabric for coats.

Origin of chinchilla

1595-1605; Spanish, perhaps, equivalent to chinche chinch + -illa Latin -illa diminutive suffix

Examples for chinchilla

The chinchilla is about nine inches long, its tail being about five inches.

Had I done this, when I was choosing my chinchilla cap and grey cloak?

The chinchilla around her neck and in her little toque was most becoming.

The chinchilla, another rodent, is very common in the fields and esteros.

He has got a big name for the fur, and expects to cut out chinchilla with it.

The bulla attains its maximum development in chinchilla and Dipus.

Fur is longer and weaker and poorer and yellower than chinchilla.

I read how there's a big market for chinchilla skins right now.

The trade in ermine skins is falling off, as is also the trade in chinchilla.

It occurred to her, also, that the velvet and chinchilla simply shouted "Money!"