cavy
Americannoun
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cavies
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of cavy
1790–1800; < New Latin Cavia name of the genus < Carib ( Galibi ) cabiai
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The zoo also has three of the world’s four largest rodents, including the Patagonian cavy, a sweet-tempered mammal that looks like a cross between a jack rabbit and a dog.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2014
The other half heard anthropomorphized language, like “Mother cavy tucks her babies into bed in a small cave.”
From Scientific American ● Apr. 8, 2014
While looking at the pictures half the children heard factual narrative, like, “Mother cavy licks the babies’ fur to keep them clean.”
From Scientific American ● Apr. 8, 2014
Researchers had children aged 1 through 5 look at picture books of a large rodent called a cavy engaged in various activities.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 8, 2014
The nest was of dry grass and lined with the fur of the cavy.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
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
Then the mother cavy feeds her baby cavies.
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
A similar study raised cavies in captivity for 30 generations and compared their behavior and hormone levels to wild-raised cavies and domesticated guinea pigs.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 12, 2011
The Pacas form another genus belonging to the family of the cavies that may be also grouped with the hares and rabbits.
From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by William Harvey
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