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Definition of viscacha in English: viscachanoun vɪˈskatʃəvɪˈskɑtʃə A large South American burrowing rodent of the chinchilla family, sometimes hunted for its fur and flesh. Genera Lagidium and Lagostomus, family Chinchillidae: four species Example sentencesExamples - At the time, the nearest known relative of the plains viscacha rat was another viscacha rat, Octomys mimax, with fifty-six chromosomes.
- Chinchillas and mountain viscachas live in mountainous, rocky areas, where they move over and through the rocks with great agility.
- After our work with the plains viscacha rat, I became convinced that the vast salt flats scattered throughout the deserts and arid thorn forests of northern Argentina could harbor other salt-pan specialists.
- The next-to-the-last trap held an animal - a viscacha rat, unlike any I had ever seen.
- We named our find the golden viscacha rat, Pipanacoctomys aureus, its genus reflecting the isolated valley where it lives and its species name highlighting its golden color.
Origin Early 17th century: via Spanish from Quechua (h)uiscacha. Rhymes archer, departure, kwacha, marcher, starcher Definition of viscacha in US English: viscachanounvɪˈskɑtʃəviˈskäCHə A large South American burrowing rodent of the chinchilla family, sometimes hunted for its fur and flesh. Genera Lagidium and Lagostomus, family Chinchillidae: four species Example sentencesExamples - We named our find the golden viscacha rat, Pipanacoctomys aureus, its genus reflecting the isolated valley where it lives and its species name highlighting its golden color.
- The next-to-the-last trap held an animal - a viscacha rat, unlike any I had ever seen.
- At the time, the nearest known relative of the plains viscacha rat was another viscacha rat, Octomys mimax, with fifty-six chromosomes.
- Chinchillas and mountain viscachas live in mountainous, rocky areas, where they move over and through the rocks with great agility.
- After our work with the plains viscacha rat, I became convinced that the vast salt flats scattered throughout the deserts and arid thorn forests of northern Argentina could harbor other salt-pan specialists.
Origin Early 17th century: via Spanish from Quechua ( h)uiscacha. |