vizcacha

[ vi-skah-chuh ]
/ vɪˈskɑ tʃə /

noun

viscacha.

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Definition for vizcacha (2 of 2)

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
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British Dictionary definitions for vizcacha (1 of 2)

vizcacha
/ (vɪsˈkætʃə) /

noun

a variant spelling of viscacha

British Dictionary definitions for vizcacha (2 of 2)

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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