MOUNTAIN VISCACHA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain viscacha mean? 

• MOUNTAIN VISCACHA (noun)
  The noun MOUNTAIN VISCACHA has 1 sense:

1. a rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity

  Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN VISCACHA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOUNTAIN VISCACHA (noun)

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Meaning:

A rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

mountain chinchilla; mountain viscacha

Hypernyms ("mountain viscacha" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Holonyms ("mountain viscacha" is a member of...):

genus Lagidium; Lagidium (a genus of Chinchillidae)