| slovo | definícia |
guinea pig
(mass) | guinea pig
- morča |
guinea pig
(encz) | guinea pig,evakuovaný člověk n: [hovor.] za 2. světové války Petr Prášek |
guinea pig
(encz) | guinea pig,morče Zdeněk Brož |
guinea pig
(encz) | guinea pig,pokusný králík n: [přen.] Petr Prášek |
Guinea pig
(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] |
guinea pig
(wn) | guinea pig
n 1: a person who is subjected to experimental or other
observational procedures; someone who is an object of
investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were
selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn
from two different communities" [syn: subject, case,
guinea pig]
2: 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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Guinea pig
(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] |
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