cavy

/ˈkeɪvi/
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Other forms: cavies

Definitions of cavy
  1. noun
    short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent
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    types:
    Cavia cobaya, guinea pig
    stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research
    Cavia porcellus, aperea, wild cavy
    South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig
    type of:
    gnawer, rodent
    relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
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