GUINEA PIG


Meaning of GUINEA PIG in English

Function: noun

Date: 1664

1 : a small stout-bodied short-eared tailless domesticated rodent ( Cavia porcellus ) of So. American origin often kept as a pet and widely used in biological research ― called also cavy

2 : a subject of research, experimentation, or testing

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