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Definition of Cavia porcellus
1. Noun. South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig.
Medical Definition of Cavia porcellus
1. A rodent with a very short tail that is not visible externally; native to South America, where it is raised for food; used widely as a laboratory animal in bacteriologic, pathologic, and pharmacologic research. Synonym: guinea pig. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cavia Porcellus
Literary usage of Cavia porcellus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Genetic Studies on a Cavy Species Cross by John Adolph Detlefsen (1914)
"This cavy is considerably smaller than Cavia aperea or Cavia porcellus, both in
total size and in the individual bone measurements. ..."
2. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"GUINEA PIGS Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus) is the scientific name of the common
laboratory guinea pig or cavy. It is classified taxonomically in the order ..."
3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1839)
"The genus as now modified appears to contain but one species, the well-known
Guinea-Pig, Cavia aperen and Cavia porcellus of Erxleben, ..."
4. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"Cavia porcellus (Linn.). Restless Cavy or Guinea-pig. я-c. Bred in the Menagerie.
</-/. Purchased, Feb. 20, 1868. Peruvian variety. ;/. ..."
5. Studies of Inheritance in Guinea-pigs and Rats by William Ernest Castle, Sewall Wright (1916)
"Thus there seems no doubt that the light-bellied agouti of Cavia porcellus, the
ticked-bellied agouti of C. rufescens hybrids, and non- agouti form a series ..."
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