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cavies

cavies is the plural of cavy.

cavies is the plural of cavie.

Meaning of cavy

Noun

cavy (plural cavies)

  1. Synonym of domestic guinea pig.
    Synonyms:
    domestic cavy, domestic guinea pig, guinea pig
  2. Any rodent in the Caviidae.

Meaning of cavie

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

Phrases with cavies

Questions about cavies

What is cavies the plural of?
Cavies is the plural of cavy.

Words near cavies in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cavies (page history and authors); cavy (page history and authors); cavie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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