viscacha

or viz·ca·cha

[ vi-skah-chuh ]

/ vɪˈskɑ tʃə /

noun

a burrowing rodent, Lagostomus maximus, about the size of a groundhog, inhabiting the pampas of Paraguay and Argentina, allied to the chinchilla.

Also called mountain viscacha. a related rodent of the genus Lagidium, of the Andes, about the size of a squirrel, having rabbitlike ears and a squirrellike tail.

Origin of viscacha

1595–1605; <Spanish <Quechua wisk’acha

Words nearby viscacha

vis-à-vis, Visayan, Visayan Islands, Visby, Visc., viscacha, viscaria, viscera, viscerad, visceral, visceral anesthesia

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Example sentences from the Web for viscacha

There the biscacha, or viscacha—as it is indifferently spelt—plays pretty much the same part as the rabbit in our northern lands.
Gaspar the Gaucho|Mayne Reid
Closely related to the chinchilla is the viscacha, which is found very abundantly in the great pampas districts of South America.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood
In many forms this part of the sternum is much broader than the pieces which follow; this is so with the Viscacha.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard

British Dictionary definitions for viscacha

viscacha

vizcacha

/ (vɪsˈkætʃə) /

noun

a gregarious burrowing hystricomorph rodent, Lagostomus maximus, of southern South America, similar to but larger than the chinchillas: family Chinchillidae

mountain viscacha the mountain chinchillaSee chinchilla (def. 3)

Word Origin for viscacha

C17: from Spanish, from Quechuan wiskácha

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单词	viscacha
释义	viscacha or viz·ca·cha [ vi-skah-chuh ] / vɪˈskɑ tʃə / noun a burrowing rodent, Lagostomus maximus, about the size of a groundhog, inhabiting the pampas of Paraguay and Argentina, allied to the chinchilla. Also called mountain viscacha. a related rodent of the genus Lagidium, of the Andes, about the size of a squirrel, having rabbitlike ears and a squirrellike tail. Origin of viscacha 1595–1605; <Spanish <Quechua wisk’acha Words nearby viscacha vis-à-vis, Visayan, Visayan Islands, Visby, Visc., viscacha, viscaria, viscera, viscerad, visceral, visceral anesthesia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for viscacha There the biscacha, or viscacha—as it is indifferently spelt—plays pretty much the same part as the rabbit in our northern lands. Gaspar the Gaucho\|Mayne Reid Closely related to the chinchilla is the viscacha, which is found very abundantly in the great pampas districts of South America. The Animal World, A Book of Natural History\|Theodore Wood In many forms this part of the sternum is much broader than the pieces which follow; this is so with the Viscacha. The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia\|Frank Evers Beddard British Dictionary definitions for viscacha viscacha vizcacha / (vɪsˈkætʃə) / noun a gregarious burrowing hystricomorph rodent, Lagostomus maximus, of southern South America, similar to but larger than the chinchillas: family Chinchillidae mountain viscacha the mountain chinchillaSee chinchilla (def. 3) Word Origin for viscacha C17: from Spanish, from Quechuan wiskácha Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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