Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of hystricomorphic rodents, of the family Octodontidæ and subfamily Octodontinæ: so named from the comb-like fringe of bristles on the hind feet.

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  • Of mammalia, besides whales and seals, there is one bat, a kind of mouse (Reithrodon chinchilloides), two true mice, a ctenomys allied to or identical with the tucutuco, two foxes (Canis Magellanicus and C. Azaræ), a sea-otter, the guanaco, and a deer.

    Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

  • Of mammalia, besides whales and seals, there is one bat, a kind of mouse (Reithrodon chinchilloides), two true mice, a ctenomys allied to or identical with the tucutuco, two foxes (Canis Magellanicus and C. Azaræ), a sea-otter, the guanaco, and a deer.

    Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

  • Of mammalia, besides whales and seals, there is one bat, a kind of mouse (Reithrodon chinchilloides), two true mice, a ctenomys allied to or identical with the tucutuco, two foxes (Canis Magellanicus and C. Azaræ), a sea-otter, the guanaco, and a deer.

    Chapter XI 1909

  • Of mammalia, besides whales and seals, there is one bat, a kind of mouse (Reithrodon chinchilloides), two true mice, a ctenomys allied to or identical with the tucutuco, two foxes (Canis Magellanicus and C.

    The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845

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