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CAVIA COBAYA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cavia cobaya mean?
• CAVIA COBAYA (noun)
The noun CAVIA COBAYA has 1 sense:
1. stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research
Familiarity information: CAVIA COBAYA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cavia cobaya; guinea pig
Hypernyms ("Cavia cobaya" is a kind of...):
cavy (short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent)
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