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guinea-pig

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In naval mine warfare, a ship used to determine whether an area can be considered safe from influence mines under certain conditions or, specifically, to detonate pressure mines.
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guinea-pig
n guinea-pig [ˈginipig]
1 a small animal, like a rabbit, with short ears and often kept as a pet. marmotjie فأر التجارب العلميَّه морско свинче morče marsvin das Meerschweinchen ινδικό χοιρίδιο cobayo, conejillo de Indias merisiga خوکچه هندی marsu cochon d'Inde חֲזִיר יָם गिनी पिग zamorac tengerimalac marmot naggrís, marsvín porcellino d'India モルモット 기니 피그 jūrų kiaulytė jūrascūciņa guinea-pig cavia marsvin świnka morska porquinho-da-índia porcuşor de Guineea морская свинка morča morski prašiček gvinejsko prase marsvin สัตว์เล็กเช่นกระต่าย kobay 天竺鼠 морська свинка جنوبی امریکا کا پالتو چوہا chuột lang 豚鼠
2 a person used as the subject of an experiment He was used as a guinea-pig for the new drug. proefkonyn شخْص يُسْتَعْمَل كموضوع للتجربَه опитно зайче pokusný králík forsøgskanin das Versuchskaninchen πειραματόζωο cobayo katsejänes انسانی که مورد آزمایشات علمی واقع می شود koekaniini cobaye שְׁפַן נִיסיוֹנוֹת प्रयोगशाला में प्रयोग का वस्तु pokusni kunić kísérleti alany kelinci percobaan tilraunadÿr cavia 実験台 실험 대상 bandomasis triušis izmēģinājuma trusītis bahan kajian proefkonijn forsøkskanin królik doświadczalny cobaia cobai подопытный кролик pokusný králik poskusni zajec zamorče försökskanin หนูทดลอง denek, kobay 實驗受測者 піддослідний کوئی شخص یا شے جسے تجربے میں استعمال کیا جائے vật thí nghiệm


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I have just heard that the yellow guinea-pig has had a black baby.
The poor little Lizard, Bill, was in the middle, being held up by two guinea-pigs, who were giving it something out of a bottle.
Flourens, in consequence of the rabbits, cats, and guinea-pigs they have killed?
 
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