cavy
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English[edit]
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 guinea pig (“rodent”)
- Any rodent in the Caviidae.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
guinea pig — see guinea pig
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Old Tupi
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/eɪvi
- Rhymes:English/eɪvi/2 syllables
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Caviomorphs