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Definition of Aperea
1. Noun. South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig.
Definition of Aperea
1. n. The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea).
Definition of Aperea
1. Noun. ''Cavia aperea'', the Brazilian guinea pig. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Aperea
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aperea
Literary usage of Aperea
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, ...
Thomas asserts that Cavia rufescens never reaches the size of Cavia aperea. ..."
2. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"75) affirms that lected I'rom the wild aperea in La the hare and rabbit hare
produced 1'lata, and he informs me that they hybrids. belong to a genus ..."
3. Studies of Inheritance in Guinea-pigs and Rats by William Ernest Castle, Sewall Wright (1916)
"Cavia aperea from Argentina has been crossed with the guinea-pig by Nehring (1893,
... Darwin (1876), however, did not regard aperea as the ancestor of the ..."
4. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"I sent to Mr. H. Denny of Leeds the lice which I collected from the wild aperea
in La Plata, and he informs me that they belong to a genus distinct from ..."
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