Octodon

== Translingual == === Etymology === From octo- +‎ -odon, according to the wear pattern of the teeth of these rodents, which resembles a figure 8. === Proper noun === Octodon m A taxonomic genus within the family Octodontidae – the degus. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Rodentia – order; Hystricomorpha – suborder; Hystricognathi – infraorder; Caviomorpha – infraorder; Octodontoidea – superfamily; Octodontidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Octodon bridgesi (Bridges' degu), Octodon degus (common degu), Octodon lunatus (moon-toothed degu), Octodon pacificus (Mocha Island degu or Pacific degu) (species) ==== Derived terms ==== octodontid === Further reading === Octodon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Octodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Octodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Octodon at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.