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cavy

[ key-vee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

cavy

/ ˈkeɪvɪ /

See 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 See also guinea pig

Origin of cavy¹

1790–1800; < New Latin Cavia name of the genus < Carib ( Galibi ) cabiai

Origin of cavy¹

C18: from New Latin Cavia, from Galibi cabiai

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.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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