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Cavia cobaya
(gcide) | Guinea pig \Guin"ea pig`\ [Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig.]
1. (Zool.) A small Brazilian rodent (Cavia porcellus or
Cavia cobaya), about seven inches in length and usually
of a white color, with spots of orange and black. Called
also cavy. It is the domesticated form of the wild cavy,
often kept as a pet and used commonly as an experimental
animal in laboratory research.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
2. Hence, [figuratively]: Any animal or person used in an
experiment; -- also applied to people who are unwillingly
or unknowingly subjected by authorities to policies or
procedures which might cause bodily or mental harm.
[PJC]
3. A contemptuous sobriquet. [Obs.] --Smollett
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
Cavia cobaya
(gcide) | Cavy \Ca"vy\, n.; pl. Cavies. [NL. cavia, fr. Brazilian
cabiai: cf. F. cabiai.] (Zool.)
A rodent of the genera Cavia and Dolichotis, as the
guinea pig (Cavia cobaya). Cavies are natives of South
America.
[1913 Webster]
Water cavy (Zool.), The capybara.
[1913 Webster] |
cavia cobaya
(wn) | Cavia cobaya
n 1: stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept
as a pet and widely used in research [syn: guinea pig,
Cavia cobaya] |
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cavia cobaya
(wn) | Cavia cobaya
n 1: stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept
as a pet and widely used in research [syn: guinea pig,
Cavia cobaya] |
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