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
Category:Cavia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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