viscachan.

Brit.

/vɪˈskɑːtʃə/,

/vɪˈskatʃə/, U.S.

/vɪˈskɑtʃə/

Forms: Also 1700s viscacho, 1700s–1800s viscaccia, 1800s vizcacha, vischacha.

Etymology: < Spanish viscacha (also biscacha biscacha n.), < Quichuan (h)uiscacha. Hence also French viscaque.

One or other of two large burrowing rodents of South America, related to the chinchilla.

a. The Lagidium cuvierii, inhabiting the upper Andes from Chile to Ecuador; the Alpine viscacha.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > family Chinchillidae (chinchilla) > genus Lagidium (alpine viscacha)

viscacha1604

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xxxviii. 314 There are other small animalles which they call Viscachas, and are like to hares, although they be bigger.

1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds II. 376 Allied to this [Cape Hare] seems the Viscachos, or Viscachas, mentioned by Acosta and Feuillée, in their accounts of Peru.

1801 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. II. i. 209 Viscaccia... This species is said to have the general appearance of a Rabbet.

1811 W. Walton Hist. Peruvian Sheep 175 They afford furs and ornamental skins,..particularly the viscacha, which is a species of rabbit.

1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 126 The general colour of the viscacha of the western acclivities of the Peruvian Andes..is grayish ash, clouded here and there with a tint of brown.

1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life (Cassell) 196 The Alpine Viscacha (Lagidium cuvierii) inhabits the lofty Andes of Chili, Bolivia, and Peru.

b. The Lagostomus trichodactylus of the southern Argentinian pampas.

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1836 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. II. 26 The Viscacha (Lagostomus trichodactylus) is about the size of a rabbit.

1855 W. S. Dallas in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature III. 464 The Viscacha..inhabits the great plains of Buenos Ayres, where it digs burrows for itself.

c1882 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 138 The Viscacha lives on the Pampas from Buenos Ayres to the borders of Patagonia.

Derivatives

viscache n. rare

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1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 373 In the viscache the squamous portion of the temporal bone is..deeply indented.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	viscacha
释义	viscachan. Brit. /vɪˈskɑːtʃə/, /vɪˈskatʃə/, U.S. /vɪˈskɑtʃə/ Forms: Also 1700s viscacho, 1700s–1800s viscaccia, 1800s vizcacha, vischacha. Etymology: < Spanish viscacha (also biscacha biscacha n.), < Quichuan (h)uiscacha. Hence also French viscaque. One or other of two large burrowing rodents of South America, related to the chinchilla. a. The Lagidium cuvierii, inhabiting the upper Andes from Chile to Ecuador; the Alpine viscacha. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > family Chinchillidae (chinchilla) > genus Lagidium (alpine viscacha) viscacha1604 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xxxviii. 314 There are other small animalles which they call Viscachas, and are like to hares, although they be bigger. 1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds II. 376 Allied to this [Cape Hare] seems the Viscachos, or Viscachas, mentioned by Acosta and Feuillée, in their accounts of Peru. 1801 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. II. i. 209 Viscaccia... This species is said to have the general appearance of a Rabbet. 1811 W. Walton Hist. Peruvian Sheep 175 They afford furs and ornamental skins,..particularly the viscacha, which is a species of rabbit. 1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 126 The general colour of the viscacha of the western acclivities of the Peruvian Andes..is grayish ash, clouded here and there with a tint of brown. 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life (Cassell) 196 The Alpine Viscacha (Lagidium cuvierii) inhabits the lofty Andes of Chili, Bolivia, and Peru. b. The Lagostomus trichodactylus of the southern Argentinian pampas. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > family Chinchillidae (chinchilla) > genus Lagostomus (viscacha) viscacha1836 biscacha1837 viscache1849 1836 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. II. 26 The Viscacha (Lagostomus trichodactylus) is about the size of a rabbit. 1855 W. S. Dallas in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature III. 464 The Viscacha..inhabits the great plains of Buenos Ayres, where it digs burrows for itself. c1882 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 138 The Viscacha lives on the Pampas from Buenos Ayres to the borders of Patagonia. Derivatives viscache n. rare ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > family Chinchillidae (chinchilla) > genus Lagostomus (viscacha) viscacha1836 biscacha1837 viscache1849 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 373 In the viscache the squamous portion of the temporal bone is..deeply indented. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1604
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