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cavie

cavie noun: a chicken coop.

Noun

cavie (plural cavies)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A chicken coop.
    • Dan, Watty, and Bell went to the "cavie" or hencoop, folded back the old bag which had been dropt over the front of it to keep the inmates warm, and Dan saw to his intense delight two little heads peeping from under their feathery covering.1882, John Strathesk, Bits from Blinkbonny; Or, Bell O' the Manse

Forms of cavie

pluralcavies

Origin of cavie

Related to Käfig (“cage”).

Questions about cavie

What does cavie mean?
Cavie means a chicken coop.
What part of speech is cavie?
Cavie is a noun.
What is the plural of cavie?
The plural of cavie is cavies.

Words near cavie in the dictionary

  1. cavibelonian
  2. cavicapture
  3. caviconchal
  4. cavicorn
  5. cavicorns
  6. cavie
  7. cavies
  8. caviid
  9. caviids
  10. caviine
  11. caviines

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