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vis•ca•cha
Pronunciation: (vi-skä'chu), [key]—
n.
1. a burrowing rodent,
Lagostomus maximus, about the size of a groundhog, inhabiting the pampas of Paraguay and Argentina, allied to the chinchilla.
2. Also called
mountain viscacha. a related rodent of the genus
Lagidium, of the Andes, about the size of a squirrel, having rabbitlike ears and a squirrellike tail.
Also,vizcacha.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.