abrocome
English
Etymology
From New Latin abrocoma, from Ancient Greek ἁβροκόμης (habrokómēs, “with delicate hair”), from ἁβρός (habrós) + κόμη (kómē, “hair”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.ɹəˌkoʊm/
Noun
abrocome (plural abrocomes)
- Either of the ratlike rodents that form the genus Abrocoma; rat chinchilla.[1]
References
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 6