octodontid

octodontid

English

Octodon degus

Etymology

Octodon +‎ -id < Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”), according to the wear pattern of the teeth of these rodents, which resembles a figure 8.

Noun

octodontid (plural octodontids)

1. (zoology) Any of the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the common degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species

   Synonym: degu

Related terms

• octodontine

Translations

any of the Octodontidae

Finnish: torvimyyrä, degu German: Trugratte (de) f Italian: octodontide (it) m, ottodontide (it) m Norwegian: Bokmål: buskrotte m or f, trompetrotte m or f Nynorsk: buskrotte, trompetrotte f Swedish: buskråtta c

Further reading

• octodontid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Octodontidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Octodontidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons