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viscacha

Main Entry:: vis·ca·cha
Variant(s):: or viz·ca·cha \vis-ˈkä-chə\
Function:: 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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