guinea pig

guinea pig

n.

1. Any of various small, short-eared domesticated rodents of the genus Cavia, having variously colored hair and no visible tail. They are widely kept as pets and often used as experimental animals.

2. Informal A person who is used as a subject for experimentation or research.

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[Perhaps alteration (influenced by Guinea, used as a name for any faraway unknown country) of Guiana.]

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guinea pig

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a domesticated cavy, probably descended from Cavia porcellus, commonly kept as a pet and used in scientific experiments

2. a person or thing used for experimentation

[origin uncertain: perhaps from old use of the name Guinea to mean any remote unknown land]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	guinea pig - 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 individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	guinea pig - stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research Cavia cobaya cavy - short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent

Translations

guinea pig n → porcellino d'India, cavia (fig) → cavia

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guinea pig n → porcellino d'India, cavia (fig) → cavia

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guinea pig → حقل للتجارب, خنزير غينيا morče, pokusný králík forsøgskanin, marsvin Meerschweinchen, Versuchskaninchen ινδικό χοιρίδιο, πειραματόζωο cobaya, conejillo de indias koekaniini, marsu cobaye, cochon d’Inde pokusni kunić, zamorac cavia, criceto モルモット, 実験台 기니피그, 피험자 cavia, proefkonijn forsøkskanin, marsvin królik doświadczalny, świnka morska cobaia, porquinho-da-Índia морская свинка, подопытный кролик försökskanin, marsvin หนูตะเภา, หนูตะเภาสำหรับทดลอง kobay, kobay faresi chuột lang, vật thí nghiệm 实验品, 豚鼠