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栗鼠 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chinchilla noun A small rodent from the Andes mountains, prized for its extremely soft, dense fur and often kept as a pet.
  • squirrel noun A small rodent, often with a bushy tail, that typically lives in trees and eats nuts and seeds.

Senses

栗鼠 is used for these senses in English:

  • chinchilla (countable) A small, crepuscular rodent of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes Mountains, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
  • squirrel Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae.

squirrel — full definition

  1. noun A small rodent, often with a bushy tail, that typically lives in trees and eats nuts and seeds.
  2. verb To store something away secretly for future use.

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