wild cavy

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   South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig

   SynonymsapereaCavia porcellus

   Broadercavy

Questions about wild cavy

What does wild cavy mean?

wild cavy means "South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig".

What is another word for wild cavy?

Close synonyms include aperea, Cavia porcellus. 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 wild cavy a common word?

wild cavy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.