- viscacha
- or vizcacha noun Etymology: Spanish vizcacha, from Quechua wisk'acha Date: 1604 any of several South American burrowing rodents (genera Lagostomus and Lagidium) closely related to the chinchilla
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Viscacha — (Lagostomus maximus) Systematik Ordnung: Nagetiere (Rodentia) Unterordnung … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Viscacha — Vis*ca cha, Viz cacha Viz ca cha, n. [Sp.] (Zo[ o]l.) A large burrowing South American rodent ({Lagostomus trichodactylus}) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Viscacha — (spr. wiskátscha, Lagostomus Brookes), Gattung der Nagetiere aus der Familie der Chinchillen (Chinchillidae), gedrungen gebaute Tiere mit dickem, rundlichem, an den Seiten aufgetriebenem Kopf, kurzer, stumpfer Schnauze, mittelgroßen, fast nackten … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Viscacha — (spr. wiskátscha), s. Hasenmäuse … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Viscacha — (Wiskatscha), kaninchenartiges Thier in Südamerika mit geschätztem Felle … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
viscacha — [vis kä′chə] n. [AmSp vizcacha < Quechua uiscacha] any of two genera (Lagostomus and Lagidium, family Chinchillidae) of burrowing South American rodents that live in small colonies … English World dictionary
Viscacha — Taxobox name = Viscacha image width = 250px image caption = A viscacha in the Atacama desert, Chile regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Chinchillidae subdivision ranks = Genera subdivision = Lagidium… … Wikipedia
viscacha — /vi skah cheuh/, 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… … Universalium
viscacha — /vɪsˈkætʃə/ (say vis kachuh) noun 1. a burrowing rodent, Lagostomus maximus, about the size of a domestic cat, inhabiting the pampas of Paraguay and Argentina, related to the chinchilla. 2. a rodent of a related genus, Lagidium, of the Andes… …
Viscacha — lyguminė viskaša statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Lagostomus maximus angl. plains viscacha vok. Hasenmaus; Viscacha rus. равнинная вискаша pranc. lagostome des pampas ryšiai: platesnis terminas –… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
