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chinchilla

[chin-chil-uh] / tʃɪnˈtʃɪl ə /


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“The day after she arrived,” Ms. Smith wrote, “the fur coats, including one sable, one chinchilla and a mink, were missing,” apparently stolen from the actress’s hotel room.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2023

The scene captured on video is among the findings from an undercover investigation into conditions on Romania’s chinchilla fur farms, carried out last year by the animal welfare charity Humane Society International.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

TL:DR: do not lick your chinchilla while you have monkeypox.

From The Verge ● Aug. 5, 2022

The chinchilla phenotype, cchcch, is expressed as black-tipped white fur.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Men envied Esteban Trueba, who had been chosen for the chinchilla farm.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

They were the first rodents to ever set foot on the continent, where they evolved into well-known groups like guinea pigs, chinchillas, capybaras and porcupines.

From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024

“You weren’t just dealing with moving 400 chinchillas, which is not as hard, because they’re all one species so you can find new homes more easily for them,” Peet said.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2022

Over decades, the courts have ruled that securities law applies to a wide variety of financial products, including contracts for the sale of chinchillas.

From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2022

The city's Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said in a statement late on Saturday that it collected 1,134 samples from animals other than hamsters including rabbits and chinchillas, which were all negative.

From Reuters ● Jan. 30, 2022

Jean had organized his business with the same tenacity he had formerly brought to the idea of the chinchillas, but this time with more success.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende


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