Cavy Definition

kāvē
cavies
noun
Any of a family (Caviidae) of short-tailed South American rodents, as the guinea pig.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cavy

Noun

Singular:
cavy
Plural:
cavies

Origin of Cavy

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

    From Wiktionary

  • From New Latin Cavia genus name perhaps from Galibi cabiai

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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