cavy
noun
any of several short-tailed or tailless South American rodents of the family Caviidae, as the guinea pig, capybara, or agouti.
cavies
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pluralof cavy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Since taking over as zoo curator two years ago, Dr. Valitutto has brought in such animals as Patagonian cavies, a cassowary and a capybara, more than doubling the collection of animals, to 1,500.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2014
The baby cavies love to play in the grass!
From Scientific American ● Mar. 27, 2014
In one experiment, the kids were shown books that had realistic images of animals they weren’t familiar with – cavies, oxpeckers, and handfish – but the text that accompanied the drawings were very different.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 27, 2014
Guinea pigs, for example, have serum epinephrine and norepinephrine concentrations that are four to eight times lower than their wild counterparts, cavies.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 12, 2011
Neither cavies nor rabbits are especially intelligent but they do learn to know their master or at least the one who feeds them.
From Outdoor Sports and Games by Claude H. Miller
