Cavia

See also: cavia, cávia, and çavia

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Cavia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Caviidae – true 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)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Arabic: كَابِيَاء (kābiyāʔ)
→ Dutch: cavia
- → Afrikaans: cavia
- → West Frisian: kavia
→ English: cavia
→ Esperanto: kavio
→ French: cavia
→ Hebrew: קַבְיָה (kábiya)
→ Italian: cavia
→ Polish: kawia
→ Russian: ка́вия (kávija)
→ Spanish: cavia (partially)
→ Ukrainian: ка́вія (kávija)

Further reading

Cavia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cavia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Cavia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons