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单词 viscacha
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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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