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English
Image:Guinea 1.jpg|thumb|Guinea pigs

Pronunciation
IPA|/'gɪni pɪɡ/, SAMPA|/"gIni pIg/

Noun
guinea pig (plural guinea pigs)

1. A tailless rodent of the Cavia genus, with short ears and larger than a hamster; the species Cavia porcellus is often kept as a pet.
2. idiom A person who volunteers for an experiment or to try anything new; an experimental subject (from the use of the rodent in laboratory experiments).

#: Would you like to be the guinea pig for our new product concept?

Synonyms
(rodent) cavy

Translations
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Albanian: kavie
Basque: akuri
Belarusian: ма��ка� �в�нка (marskaja svinka) f
Breton: razh-indez
Bulgarian: мо��ко �вин�е (morsko svin�e):bg:мо��ко �вин�е|(bg)
Catalan: cobaia, conillet d'índia
Czech: mor�e n
Croatian: zamorac m
Danish: marsvin
Dutch: guinees biggetje n, cavia m
Esperanto: kobajo
Estonian: merisiga
Faeroese: marsvín
Finnish: marsu
French: cochon d'Inde m, cobaye m
Frisian: bargemot
Friulian: cavie
Galician: cobaia
German: Meerschweinchen n
Hungarian: tengerimalac
Icelandic: naggrís m
Ido: kobayo
Indonesian: marmot#Indonesian|marmot (?)
Irish: muc ghuine
Italian: cavia f
Japanese: ����� (morumotto), ������ (ginia-piggu), ������� (tenjiku-nezumi)
Ladin: porcel de mar
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Latvian: jūras cūci�a
Lithuanian: jūrų kiaulyt�
Lower Sorbian: morska swinka
Macedonian: замо�е� (zamorec)
Maltese: fenek ta� l-indi
Norwegian: marsvin n
Occitan: cobai
Polish: �winka morska
Portuguese: cobaia f, porquinho-da-índia m, preá-da-índia m
Romanian: cobai
Romansh: portg da mar
Romany: balo-koro m, bali-kori f
Russian: мо��ка� �винка (morskaja svinka) f
Sami: mársa
Sardinian: càvia
Serbian: замо��е, мо��ко п�а�е (zamor�e, morsko prase)
Slovak: mor�a n, morské prasiatko n
Slovenian: budra f, morski praši�ek m
Serbian: замо��е (zamor�e), мо��ко п�а�е (morsko prase)
Spanish: conejillo de Indias m italbrac|especially figurative usage, cobaya f/m italbrac|especially scientific usage, acure m italbrac|Venezuela, curí m italbrac|Colombia, curiel m italbrac|Cuba, cuy m italbrac|Argentina|Bolivia|Chile|Ecuador|Peru|Southern Colombian Andes

Swedish: marsvin
Tupi: sawiya
Turkish: kobay
Ukrainian: мо���ка �винка (mors'ka svinka)
Upper Sorbian: wujk
Welsh: mochyn cwta
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trans-top|volunteer for an experiment
Czech: pokusný králík m
Dutch: proefkonijn n
Finnish: koekaniini
French: cobaye m
German: Versuchskaninchen n
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Portuguese: cobaia f
Russian: подоп��н�й к�олик m
Slovak: pokusný králik m
Spanish: conejillo de Indias m
Swedish: försökskanin c
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