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cavy
[ key-vee ]
noun
- any of several short-tailed or tailless South American rodents of the family Caviidae, as the guinea pig, capybara, or agouti.
cavy
/ ˈkeɪvɪ /
noun
- See guinea pigany small South American hystricomorph rodent of the family Caviidae, esp any of the genus Cavia, having a thickset body and very small tail See also guinea pig
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Origin of cavy1
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Origin of cavy1
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Example Sentences
A few guanaco and ostriches, a sprinkling of cavy, and many pampa foxes seemed to eke out an existence there.
The residents of Colohuapi informed me that the place formed the southern limit of the distribution of the cavy.
The River Deseado forms the southern limit of the distribution of the Patagonian cavy.
This is one of the most common troubles that a Cavy raiser has to contend with.
The name applied to the wild stock whence our Guinea-pig is derived is the Restless Cavy.
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