noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Synonym of domestic guinea pig.
2. 2
   short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent wordnet
3. 3
   Any rodent in the Caviidae.

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Etymology

From obsolete Portuguese çavia (“the spiny rat, Makalata armate, Echimys armata”) (modern saviá, sauiá), from Old Tupi saujá.

Related phrases

Patagonian cavyacrobatic cavymountain cavymusk cavyrestless cavyrock cavywater cavyyellow-toothed cavy

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