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guinea pig in WordNet English dictionary
noun- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
"the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"
subject case guinea pig
- stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research
guinea pig Cavia cobaya
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guinea pig in English Wiktionary
- (noun) A tailless rodent of the "Cavia" genus, with short ears and larger than a hamster; the species "Cavia porcellus" is often kept as a pet.
- (noun) (idiom) A person who volunteers for an experiment or to try anything new; an experimental subject ("from the use of the rodent in laboratory experiments").
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