noun
- A guinea pig, especially as a pet or laboratory animal.
Usage: informal; chiefly British and Scottish
Examples
- The children kept a cavie in a cage in their bedroom.
- She bought a cavie from the pet shop last week.
- My cavie squeaks whenever I open the refrigerator.
- The lab used cavies for testing the new vaccine.
- He named his cavie Pepper because of its brown spots.