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‖ biscacha Zool.|bisˈkatʃa|
Also biz-, vis-.
[a. Sp. biscacho.]
A species of the Chinchillidæ, a burrowing rodent of South America.
a1837Bennett in Penny Cycl. VII. 88/1 The Biscachas live in society, in burrows. 1847Carpenter Zool. §235 The burrows of the Viscacha are also inhabited by..small owls. 1859Darwin Orig. Spec. xiv. (1878) 379 Of all Rodents the bizcacha is most nearly related to the Marsupials. |