cavy

[ UK /kˈe‍ɪvi/ ]
NOUN
  1. short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent
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How To Use cavy In A Sentence

  • Oregon teens found a Patagonian cavy running loose. Archive 2008-04-01
  • They imagined that Magellan, when talking of an animal under the name of "conejos" in the Strait of Magellan, referred to this species; but he was alluding to a small cavy, which to this day is thus called by the Spaniards. Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
  • These include the capybara, the agouti, the coypu, the cavy and the chinchilla.
  • These include the capybara, the agouti, the coypu, the cavy and the chinchilla.
  • These include the capybara, the agouti, the coypu, the cavy and the chinchilla.
  • The cavy's an animal from Patagonia, which as you know is in South America at the bottom.
  • Maya is a crested, dark-eyed gold guinea pig, or cavy, and she's the pride and joy of owner and breeder Keith Lakin.
  • KING: And our next animal in this segment is a cavy. CNN Transcript May 30, 2002
  • Robertson had served as a colonel under Stuart, the report noted, and “I was convinced of his deficiency in the qualities essential to a bold, vigorous, and successful cavy commander in the ever-changing and complicated and extended operations of campaign.” Cavalryman of the Lost Cause
  • 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.
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