vis·ca·cha (v -skä ch )n. Any of several gregarious, burrowing South American rodents of the genera Lagostomus and Lagidium, related to and resembling the chinchilla. [Spanish vizcacha, from Quechua wiskácha.] |
viscacha, vizcacha [vɪsˈkætʃə]
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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a gregarious burrowing hystricomorph rodent, Lagostomus maximus, of southern South America, similar to but larger than the chinchillas: family Chinchillidae
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)
mountain viscacha another name for mountain chinchilla (see chinchilla (sense 3))
[from Spanish, from Quechuan wiskácha]
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| Noun | 1. |  viscacha - gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillasgnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing genus Lagostomus, Lagostomus - viscachas |
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