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Cavy
see synonyms of cavyNoun
1. cavy
short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Cavy
see synonyms of cavynoun plural -vies
any small South American hystricomorph rodent of the family Caviidae, esp any of the genus Cavia, having a thickset body and very small tail
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Cavy
see synonyms of cavy nounWord forms: plural ˈcavies
any of a family (Caviidae) of short-tailed South American rodents, as the guinea pig
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Cavy
see synonyms of cavyn. pl. ca·vies
Any of various South American rodents of the family Caviidae, including the guinea pigs, characteristically having a vestigial tail.
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