chinchilla : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chinchilla	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for chinchilla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chinchilla n the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur Synonym(s): chinchilla, Chinchilla laniger
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chinchilla \Chinchil"la\, n. [Sp.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A small rodent ({Chinchilla* lanigera}), of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili. 2. The fur of the chinchilla. 3. A heavy, long-napped, tufted woolen cloth.