cavia

Questions about cavia

What does cavia mean?

cavia means "type genus of the Caviidae: guinea pigs".

How many syllables are in cavia?

cavia has 3 syllables and divides as ca-vi-a under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for cavia?

Close synonyms include genus Cavia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cavia a common word?

cavia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.