cavy
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The zoo also has three of the world’s four largest rodents, including the Patagonian cavy, a sweet-tempered mammal that looks like a cross between a jack rabbit and a dog.
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2014
The other half heard anthropomorphized language, like “Mother cavy tucks her babies into bed in a small cave.”
From Scientific American • Apr. 8, 2014
Mother cavy and her babies like to spend the afternoon sunbathing.
From Scientific American • Mar. 27, 2014
Then the mother cavy feeds her baby cavies.
From Scientific American • Mar. 27, 2014
The genera are, the porcupine, cavy, beaver, bat, marmot, squirrel, dormouse, jerboa, and hare. 5th.
From Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side by Vaux, Frances Bowyer
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