Definition of viscacha in English:

viscacha

noun vɪˈskatʃəvɪˈskɑtʃə

A large South American burrowing rodent of the chinchilla family, sometimes hunted for its fur and flesh.
（鼠各），兔鼠
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:

viscacha

nounvɪˈskɑtʃəviˈskäCHə

A large South American burrowing rodent of the chinchilla family, sometimes hunted for its fur and flesh.
（鼠各），兔鼠
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.

词汇	viscacha
释义	Definition of viscacha in English: viscacha noun vɪˈskatʃəvɪˈskɑtʃə A large South American burrowing rodent of the chinchilla family, sometimes hunted for its fur and flesh. （鼠各），兔鼠 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: viscacha nounvɪˈskɑtʃəviˈskäCHə A large South American burrowing rodent of the chinchilla family, sometimes hunted for its fur and flesh. （鼠各），兔鼠 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.
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