What does viscacha mean?
Viscacha means Any of the several South American rodents, native to the Andes Mountains, of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus..
Viscacha
/vɪˈskatʃə/ · noun
Meaning
Any of the several South American rodents, native to the Andes Mountains, of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus..
Example Sentences
From the tenderness of its covering, it is not, though a stronger and larger animal, so able to bear the severity of winter in the Andes as the Chinchilla, though it is not so decidedly an animal of the plains as the viscacha of Paraguay.
The guanaco, the viscacha, and the hare of the Pampas, are found in Patagonia.
A guard viscacha watches for predators. This guard sounds an alarm if it spots danger. Then the quick-moving viscachas scramble into their dens in the rocks or burrow into the ground.
The Andean cat's prey is small mammals such as the mountain viscacha, which look very much like a common North American cottontail rabbit. Mountain viscachas eat coarse spikegrass that is found near small mountain streams.
Synonyms for viscacha
Antonyms for viscacha
Related Words
Word Forms
- viscachas
- vizcacha
- biscacha
- biscacho
- bizcacha
Usage Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for viscacha?
Common synonyms include chinchillon, lagostomus maximus.
What is the opposite of viscacha?
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
How do you use viscacha in a sentence?
From the tenderness of its covering, it is not, though a stronger and larger animal, so able to bear the severity of winter in the Andes as the Chinchilla, though it is not so decidedly an animal of the plains as the viscacha of Paraguay.
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