Octodon

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Translingual

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Octodon degus (common degu)

Etymology

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

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Octodon m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Octodontidae – the degus.

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