Cavia
See also: cavia
Translingual
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Etymology
From obsolete Portuguese çavia (“the spiny rat, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.”) (> 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
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Further reading
Cavia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Cavia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Cavia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
