biscachan.
/bisˈkatʃa/ Zoology.
A species of the Chinchillidæ, a burrowing rodent of South America.
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1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 88/1 (citing Bennett) The Biscachas live in society, in burrows.
1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §235 The burrows of the Viscacha are also inhabited by..small owls.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xiii. 430 Of all Rodents, the bizcacha is most nearly related to Marsupials.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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