Viscacha

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Viscacha \Vis*ca"cha\, Viz-cacha \Viz-ca"cha\, n. [Sp.] (Zool.)
     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 beneath. There is a white band across the
     muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy


     plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for
     heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its
     burrows. Called also {biscacha}, {bizcacha}, {vischacha},
     {vishatscha}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  viscacha
       n : gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas
           [syn: {chinchillon}, {Lagostomus maximus}]