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- noun Plural form of
cavy .
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Examples
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While the guinea pigs, also known as cavies, served as
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We arranged for 33 donkeys and miniature donkeys to receive veterinary care, and we found new homes for camels, emus, bison and several large South American rodents called cavies.
Wayne Pacelle: Menagerie of Animals Saved from Suffering Wayne Pacelle 2011
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We arranged for 33 donkeys and miniature donkeys to receive veterinary care, and we found new homes for camels, emus, bison and several large South American rodents called cavies.
Wayne Pacelle: Menagerie of Animals Saved from Suffering Wayne Pacelle 2011
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If Liam (comment #3) has cavies in his teeth, he has problems that no dentist can help him with.
Is Tooth Cleaning a Scam? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Does the report check against incidence of gingivitis only, or cavies as well?
Is Tooth Cleaning a Scam? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Do it for your dog, for your cavies, for your hammies.
Real Quick 2006
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This breeder has lively brown ones, as well as robust-looking cavies and Roborovski hamsters.
petty matters Dean Francis Alfar 2005
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Then when I noticed what little cavies Gonzales, Jackson, that fellow who just brown-nosed his way into Harvard, and the like are, I thought maybe there was something to it as an indicator.
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In the daytime they either lie among the aquatic plants, or openly feed on the turf plain. 25 When viewed at a distance, from their manner of walking and colour they resemble pigs: but when seated on their haunches, and attentively watching any object with one eye, they reassume the appearance of their congeners, cavies and rabbits.
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In the daytime they either lie among the aquatic plants, or openly feed on the turf plain. 25 When viewed at a distance, from their manner of walking and colour they resemble pigs: but when seated on their haunches, and attentively watching any object with one eye, they reassume the appearance of their congeners, cavies and rabbits.
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