Cavy
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noun.
Any of various South American rodents of the family Caviidae, including the guinea pigs, characteristically having a vestigial tail.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A rodent of the genus
Cavia
or family
Caviidæ.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A rodent of the genera Cavia and Dolichotis, as the guinea pig (
Cavia cobaya
). Cavies are natives of South America.
noun.
The capybara.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
guinea pig
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent
Word Usage
"The cavy is a rodent that was domesticated in the Andes as a source of meat."