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viscacha in Spanish

viscacha in Spanish is vizcacha — viscacha means any of several rodent species from South America, found natively in the Andes Mountains, in the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus.

viscacha in Spanish

vizcacha
noun
Any of the several South American rodents, native to the Andes Mountains, of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus.

What does "viscacha" mean?

  1. noun Any of several rodent species from South America, found natively in the Andes Mountains, in the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus.
    "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."
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viscacha in a sentence

  • 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.

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What is "viscacha" in Spanish?
"viscacha" in Spanish is vizcacha. viscacha means: Any of several rodent species from South America, found natively in the Andes Mountains, in the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus.
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