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viscacha
(encz) | viscacha, n: |
Viscacha
(gcide) | Viscacha \Vis*ca"cha\, Viz-cacha \Viz-ca"cha\, n. [Sp.] (Zool.)
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.
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viscacha
(wn) | viscacha
n 1: gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas
[syn: viscacha, chinchillon, Lagostomus maximus] |
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mountain viscacha
(encz) | mountain viscacha, n: |
Viscacha
(gcide) | Viscacha \Vis*ca"cha\, Viz-cacha \Viz-ca"cha\, n. [Sp.] (Zool.)
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.
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mountain viscacha
(wn) | mountain viscacha
n 1: a rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now
bred in captivity [syn: mountain chinchilla, {mountain
viscacha}] |
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