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viscacha
noun
vis·ca·cha
vi-ˈskä-chə 
variants
or vizcacha
: any of several South American burrowing rodents (genera Lagostomus and Lagidium) closely related to the chinchilla
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While our guide talked, viscachas — Peruvian chinchillas — scurried atop the walls and a quartet of wild llamas gathered on one of the lawns.
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Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
And a small South American rodent called the red viscacha has a whopping 104.
—Ryan Cross, Science | AAAS, 23 June 2017
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Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
And a small South American rodent called the red viscacha has a whopping 104.
—Ryan Cross, Science | AAAS, 23 June 2017
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“Viscacha.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/viscacha. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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