chinchillineとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

chinchilline (not comparable)

1. (まれに) Relating to, or resembling, the chinchilla, or other mammals of the family Chinchillidae.
   • 1888, John Sterling Kingsley, The Riverside Natural History‎^[1], volume 5, page 117:

     Mr. Allen thinks, however, that some imperfectly known remains from the bone caves of Anguilla Island, called Amblyrhiza and Loxomylus, and supposed to be chinchilline, may also prove to belong here.

   • 1950, Handbook of South American Indians:

     The characteristic fauna includes some aberrant didelphid and caenolestid opossums, and some distinct armadillos; many specialized hystricomorph rodents, such as chinchillas, viscachas, maras (harelike), chinchilline rats, octodon rats, and tuco-tucos (gopherlike) […]

   • 2010, Richard H. Madden, The Paleontology of Gran Barranca‎^[2]:

     The few micro-mammals recorded at Chucal are still either undescribed or endemic (e.g. chinchilline rodents) and can not be compared with those of high-latitude localities.