chinchilla
/tʃɪnˈtʃɪlə/noun
1- a small South American rodent with soft grey fur and a long bushy tail灰鼠, 毛丝鼠。
1.1
- Genus Chinchilla, family Chinchillidae: two species, in particular C. lanigera.毛丝鼠属, 毛丝鼠科：2种, 尤指绒毛丝鼠。
1.2
- a cat or rabbit of a breed with silver-grey or grey fur灰猫; 灰兔。
1.3
- mass noun the highly valued fur of the chinchilla, or of the chinchilla rabbit灰鼠毛皮; 灰兔毛皮。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Spanish， from Aymara or Quechua.