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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: cavy (0.00986 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to cavy.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cavy
cavy
n : short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent
English → English (gcide)
Definition: cavy
Guinea pig
\Guin"ea pig`\ [Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A small Brazilian rodent (
Cavia porcellus or
Cavia cobaya), about seven inches in length and usually
of a white color, with spots of orange and black. Called
also
cavy. It is the domesticated form of the wild cavy,
often kept as a pet and used commonly as an experimental
animal in laboratory research.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
2. Hence, [figuratively]: Any animal or person used in an
experiment; -- also applied to people who are unwillingly
or unknowingly subjected by authorities to policies or
procedures which might cause bodily or mental harm.
[PJC]
3. A contemptuous sobriquet. [Obs.] --Smollett
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
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