ALL meanings of guinea pig
Guin·ea pig
G g - noun guinea pig a short-eared, tailless rodent of the genus Cavia, usually white, black, and tawny, commonly regarded as the domesticated form of one of the South American wild species of cavy: often used in scientific experiments or kept as a pet. 1
- noun guinea pig Informal. the subject of any sort of experiment. 1
- noun guinea pig small South American mammal 1
- noun guinea pig sb used as experimental subject 1
- noun guinea pig 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. 0
- noun guinea pig A rodent of any of several species within the family Caviidae. 0
- noun guinea pig (figuratively) A living experimental subject. 0
- noun guinea pig (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Term of contempt. 0
- countable noun guinea pig If someone is used as a guinea pig in an experiment, something is tested on them that has not been tested on people before. 0
- countable noun guinea pig A guinea pig is a small furry animal without a tail. Guinea pigs are often kept as pets. 0
- noun guinea pig a domesticated cavy, probably descended from Cavia porcellus, commonly kept as a pet and used in scientific experiments 0
- noun guinea pig a person or thing used for experimentation 0
- noun guinea pig any of various small, plump rodents (genus Cavia) with short ears and no external tail: often domesticated and used in biological experiments 0
- noun guinea pig any person or thing used in an experiment or test 0