vizcacha
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The abundance of cattle on the pampas has made it unnecessary to use the vizcacha as an article of food.
From The Naturalist in La Plata by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
When a vizcacha dies in his burrow the carcass is, after some days, dragged out and left upon the mound.
From The Naturalist in La Plata by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
I have been minute in describing the habitations of the vizcacha, as I esteem the subject of prime importance in considering the zoology of this portion of America.
From The Naturalist in La Plata by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
I have also mentioned that the vizcacha is a tame familiar creature.
From The Naturalist in La Plata by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
This is the case with the vizcacha, the large rodent of the pampas, which lives with its fellows, to the number of twenty or thirty, in a cluster of huge burrows.
From The Naturalist in La Plata by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
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