cavy

[key-vee]

ca·vy

[key-vee]
noun, plural ca·vies.
any of several short-tailed or tailless South American rodents of the family Caviidae, as the guinea pig, capybara, or agouti.

Origin:
1790–1800; < Neo-Latin Cavia name of the genus < Carib (Galibi ) cabiai
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Cavy is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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cavy (ˈkeɪvɪ)
 
n , pl -vies
See also guinea pig any small South American hystricomorph rodent of the family Caviidae, esp any of the genus Cavia, having a thickset body and very small tail
 
[C18: from New Latin Cavia, from Galibi cabiai]

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