Cavia

See also: cavia, cávia, and çavia

Translingual

Cavia aperea

Etymology

From obsolete Portuguese çavia (“the spiny rat, Makalata armate, Echimys armata”) (> modern sauiá), from Old Tupi saujá.

Proper noun

Cavia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Caviidae – guinea pigs.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Caviidae - family; Caviinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Cavia anolaimae, Cavia aperea, Cavia fulgida, Cavia guianae, Cavia intermedia, Cavia magna, Cavia nana, Cavia porcellus, Cavia tschudii (species)

Further reading

Cavia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cavia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cavia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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