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VISCACHA

Dictionary entry overview: What does viscacha mean?

• VISCACHA (noun)
The noun VISCACHA has 1 sense:

1. gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas

Familiarity information: VISCACHA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• VISCACHA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

chinchillon; Lagostomus maximus; viscacha

Hypernyms ("viscacha" is a kind of...):

gnawer; gnawing animal; rodent (relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Holonyms ("viscacha" is a member of...):

genus Lagostomus; Lagostomus (viscachas)

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