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guinea pig
- any of various small, plump rodents (genus Cavia) with short ears and no external tail: often domesticated and used in biological experiments
- ☆ any person or thing used in an experiment or test
Etymology: prob. orig. brought to England by ships plying between England, Guinea, and South America
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