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Cavy

//ˈkeɪ.vi// noun

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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.

Etymology

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

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