Cavia
See also cavia
Translingual
Etymology
From obsolete Portuguese çavia (“the spiny rat, Makalata armate, Echimys armata”) (> modern sauiá), from Old Tupi saujá
Proper noun
Cavia
- A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Caviinae — guinea pigs.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Mammalia - class, Theria - subclass, Placentalia - infraclass, Rodentia - order, Hystricomorpha - suborder, Hystricognathi - infraorder, Caviomorpha - infraorder, Caviidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cavia anolaimae, Cavia aperea, Cavia fulgida, Cavia guianae, Cavia intermedia, Cavia magna, Cavia nana, Cavia porcellus, Cavia tschudii