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viscacha


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Viscacha  \Vis*ca"cha\,  Viz-cacha  \Viz-ca"cha\,  n.  [Sp.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  large  burrowing  South  American  rodent  ({Lagostomus 
  trichodactylus})  allied  to  the  chinchillas,  but  much  larger. 
  Its  fur  is  soft  and  rather  long,  mottled  gray  above,  white  or 
  yellowish  white  beneath.  There  is  a  white  band  across  the 
  muzzle,  and  a  dark  band  on  each  cheek.  It  inhabits  grassy 
  plains,  and  is  noted  for  its  extensive  burrows  and  for 
  heaping  up  miscellaneous  articles  at  the  mouth  of  its 
  burrows.  Called  also  {biscacha},  {bizcacha},  {vischacha}, 
  {vishatscha}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  viscacha 
  n  :  gregarious  burrowing  rodent  larger  than  the  chinchillas 
  [syn:  {chinchillon},  {Lagostomus  maximus}] 




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