Associations to the word «Cavia»

Wiktionary

CAVIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Caviidae   — guinea pigs.
CAVIA PORCELLUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Caviidae   — the guinea pig.

Dictionary definition

CAVIA, noun. Type genus of the Caviidae: guinea pigs.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope