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WILD CAVY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wild cavy mean?
• WILD CAVY (noun)
The noun WILD CAVY has 1 sense:
1. South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig
Familiarity information: WILD CAVY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
aperea; Cavia porcellus; wild cavy
Hypernyms ("wild cavy" is a kind of...):
cavy (short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent)
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