viscacha

• Sustantivo que designa a un roedor gregario y cavador de Sudamérica, de mayor tamaño que la chinchilla, con hábitos de vida en colonias.

A noun referring to a gregarious burrowing rodent, larger than a chinchilla, native to South America.

1. South American rodentC1formal

   A large, gregarious burrowing rodent native to South America, similar to but larger than a chinchilla, with long ears and a bushy tail.

   Vizcacha

   • The viscacha lives in rocky areas of the Andes mountains.
   • We spotted a viscacha sunning itself on a rock.
   • Unlike chinchillas, viscachas are more social and live in colonies.