Cavia
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From obsolete Portuguese çavia (“the spiny rat, Makalata armate, Echimys armata”) (> modern sauiá), from Old Tupi saujá.
Proper noun
[edit]Cavia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Caviidae – guinea pigs.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Rodentia – order; Hystricomorpha – suborder; Hystricognathi – infraorder; Caviomorpha – infraorder; Caviidae – family; Caviinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Cavia anolaimae, Cavia aperea, Cavia fulgida, Cavia guianae, Cavia intermedia, Cavia magna, Cavia nana, Cavia porcellus, Cavia tschudii (species)
Further reading
[edit]- Cavia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cavia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cavia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons