cavy
Meaning of cavy
noun
- A tailless rodent of the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia, with short ears and larger than a hamster; the species Cavia porcellus is often kept as a pet.
- A rodent of any of several species within the family Caviidae.
- A living experimental subject.
He became a human guinea pig and was paid by the company.
- A professional company director, without time or real qualifications for the duties.
- A midshipman in the East India service; (by extension) a low-skilled or non-proficient seaman.
Information about cavy
- It is a name.
- The plural form of cavy is: cavies.
- Languages in which cavy is used:
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Hyphenation of cavy
cavy
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- cavy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Translation of cavy
- German: Meerschweinchen
- French: cobaye
- Italian: cavia
- Spanish: cobaya
Words that rhyme with cavy
No rhymes for cavy found