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Cavia
Cavia
See also: cavia
Translingual
Proper noun
Cavia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Caviidae – guinea pigs.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; 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)
cavia
cavia
See also: Cavia
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.wi.a/
Noun
cavia f (genitive caviae); first declension
- intestine(s) (of animals)
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | cavia | caviae |
genitive | caviae | caviārum |
dative | caviae | caviīs |
accusative | caviam | caviās |
ablative | caviā | caviīs |
vocative | cavia | caviae |