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单词 cavy
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Definition of cavy in English:

cavy

nounPlural cavies ˈkeɪviˈkeɪvi
  • A South American rodent with a sturdy body and vestigial tail.

    Family Caviidae: five genera and several species, in particular the guinea pig

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Maya is a crested, dark-eyed gold guinea pig, or cavy, and she's the pride and joy of owner and breeder Keith Lakin.
    • It includes two subfamilies: the Caviinae, the cavies and the familiar guinea pigs; and the Dolichotinae, the Patagonian hares or maras.
    • The cavy's an animal from Patagonia, which as you know is in South America at the bottom.
    • He keeps around 80 guinea pigs (also called cavies) on an allotment and feeds them beetroot - ‘the finest thing you can give them’ - which he grows himself.
    • And only when they had taken a closer look at the almost complete skeleton did they realize they had a caviomorph, cousin to the modern cavy or guinea pig.

Origin

Late 18th century: from modern Latin cavia, from Galibi cabiai.

Rhymes

Davy, Devi, gravy, navy, slavey, venae cavae, wavy
 
 

Definition of cavy in US English:

cavy

nounˈkāvēˈkeɪvi
  • A South American rodent with a sturdy body and vestigial tail.

    Family Caviidae: five genera and several species, in particular the guinea pig

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The cavy's an animal from Patagonia, which as you know is in South America at the bottom.
    • And only when they had taken a closer look at the almost complete skeleton did they realize they had a caviomorph, cousin to the modern cavy or guinea pig.
    • Maya is a crested, dark-eyed gold guinea pig, or cavy, and she's the pride and joy of owner and breeder Keith Lakin.
    • He keeps around 80 guinea pigs (also called cavies) on an allotment and feeds them beetroot - ‘the finest thing you can give them’ - which he grows himself.
    • It includes two subfamilies: the Caviinae, the cavies and the familiar guinea pigs; and the Dolichotinae, the Patagonian hares or maras.

Origin

Late 18th century: from modern Latin cavia, from Galibi cabiai.

 
 
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