Degun.
/ˈdɛɡuː/ Zoology.
A South American genus Octodon of hystricomorphous or porcupine-like rodents; esp. the species O. Cumingii, abundant in Chile.
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1843 J. E. Gray List Specimens Mammalia Brit. Mus. 122 The cucurrito or the Degus, Octodon Degus.
1883 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 129 The Degu is a rat-like animal, rather smaller than the Water Vole, the head and body measuring from seven and a half to eight inches in length.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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