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What is a guinea pig?

What is a guinea pig? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A tailless rodent of the the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia genus, with short ears and larger than a hamster; the species Cavia porcellus is often kept as a pet.
  2. A rodent of any of several species within the family Caviidae.
  3. (figuratively) A living experimental subject.
  4. (dated, slang) A professional company director, without time or real qualifications for the duties.
  5. (obsolete) Term of contempt.
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The animals, a meerkat and a guinea pig, cannot bear to be apart from each other and whine uncontrollably when they are parted.
And even though the guinea pig was ten times the size of a normal guinea pig, it accepted the carrot hungrily and walked off happily.
Veterinarian Astrid Behr also recommends a bird as a pet rather than a guinea pig or other smaller animal.
The dorsal psalterium of the guinea pig was electrophysiologically studied with a view to possible commissural fiber groups and their properties.
To find out how it worked, my husband David, a senior manager of an internet company, volunteered to be the guinea pig for Just the Job.
The worst was when you became a guinea pig for a hazardous experiment, and not even the lightest punishment was endurable.

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