Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theparvorder Caviomorpha —guinea piga and other similarrodents .
Etymologies
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Cavia + -idae
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Of the last family, _Caviidae_, the cavy and the capybara are well known to travellers in South America, and the common guinea pig is familiar to us all.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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