chinchillas

plural of chinchilla

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Noun
  • Adding social services, mental health services and job training would go a long way toward helping far more people than banning mink coats.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Out stepped the Queen of Soul in a full-length mink coat.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Other offerings include pig feet, pig ears, pig tails, frozen rabbits, quails, frozen sardines, black swordfish and octopus, many of which mainly come from Europe.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Among those, there were only four rabbit strikes reported, including one at the Denver International Airport, according to the FAA.
    Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • An alert bystander who noticed a raccoon with its head stuck in a storm drain grate later assisted police with its rescue using two laundry pods, Massachusetts cops reported.
    Don Sweeney, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Help keep predators like cats and raccoons away by adding a metal baffle or predator guard under the house.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Next, peruse Auntie Q’s diverse array of vintage items and collectibles–from glassware and toys to restored cast-iron cooking pieces – and don’t leave without a Sand Mountain Beach Club T-shirt sporting a mischievous racoon and snarky sayings.
    Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Marvel Rocket and Baby Groot Minifigure Recreate some of Rocket’s adventures from Guardians of the Galaxy with this buildable and poseable figure of the beloved racoon.
    Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Painter and Jensen have seen beavers, muskrats, pond turtles, deer and black bears roaming the grounds.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Even in her early twenties, Long held staunch opinions on stocking colors and children’s frocks, Christmas cards and muskrat coats.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Chinchillas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chinchillas. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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