vizcacha

[vi-skah-chuh]

noun

viscacha.

viscacha

or viz·ca·cha

[vi-skah-chuh]

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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Historical Examples of vizcacha

It is reported from one to another until every vizcacha is safe in his burrow.
The Human Side of Animals
Royal Dixon
Associations of families without apparent structure or organisation, such as those of the vizcacha and the beaver.
The Origin of Man and of his Superstitions
Carveth Read
Unlike most other burrowing species, the Vizcacha prefers to work on open level spots.
The Industries of Animals
Frdric Houssay
Even when pursued by fierce dogs a vizcacha will rarely enter a room of another.
The Human Side of Animals
Royal Dixon

British Dictionary definitions for vizcacha

vizcacha

noun

a variant spelling of viscacha

viscacha

vizcacha

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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