genus lagidium

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of Chinchillidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal genus,
definition	:	a genus of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	mountain chinchilla, mountain viscacha,
definition	:	a rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	chinchillidae, family chinchillidae,
definition	:	small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents (noun.animal)