CAVY


Meaning of CAVY in English

noun (plural cavies) Etymology: New Latin Cavia, genus name, from obsolete Portuguese çavia (now sauiá) the spiny rat Makalata (Echimys) armata, from Tupi saujá Date: 1796 any of several short-tailed rough-haired South American rodents (family Caviidae)

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