cavy
English
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Etymology
[edit]From obsolete Portuguese çavia (“the spiny rat, Makalata armate, Echimys armata”) (modern saviá, sauiá), from Old Tupi saujá.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: kāʹvē, IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.vi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪvi
- Homophone: cave (interjection)
Noun
[edit]cavy (plural cavies)
- Synonym of domestic guinea pig
- Synonyms: domestic cavy, domestic guinea pig, guinea pig
- Any rodent in the Caviidae.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]guinea pig — see guinea pig
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- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Old Tupi
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/eɪvi
- Rhymes:English/eɪvi/2 syllables
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Caviomorphs