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mountain cavy

mountain cavy noun: any cavy of the genus Microcavia, native to the Andes of southern South America.

mountain cavy: any cavy of the genus Microcavia, native to the Andes of southern South America
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Noun

mountain cavy (plural mountain cavies)

  1. Any cavy of the genus Microcavia, native to the Andes of southern South America.

Forms of mountain cavy

pluralmountain cavies

Questions about mountain cavy

What does mountain cavy mean?
Mountain cavy means any cavy of the genus Microcavia, native to the Andes of southern South America.
What part of speech is mountain cavy?
Mountain cavy is a noun.
What is the plural of mountain cavy?
The plural of mountain cavy is mountain cavies.

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