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Definition of: cavy
(kā′vē) noun plural ·vies
A small South American burrowing rodent with the tail absent or rudimentary, as the guinea pig (Cavia cobaya), the restless cavy (C. porcellus), the southern cavy (C. australis), common on the Patagonian coast, and the harelike Patagonian cavy (Dolichotis patagonica).
—giant cavy The capybara. [<NL Cavia <Cariban]
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