English edit

Etymology edit

From New Latin abrocoma, from Ancient Greek ἁβροκόμης (habrokómēs, with delicate hair), from ἁβρός (habrós, splendid, delicate) + κόμη (kómē, hair).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

abrocome (plural abrocomes)

  1. Either of the ratlike rodents that form the genus Abrocoma; rat chinchilla.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 6