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guinea-pig (iou)



guinea-pig noun. M17.
[from GUINEA + PIG noun1.]
A tailless dumpy rodent, Cavia porcellus, now found only in captivity as a pet or a subject for biological research, but related to the wild cavies of S. America. M17.
b. A person who or thing which is used as a subject for experiment or to test something. E20.
A midshipman on board an East Indiaman (Hist.); a young or inefficient seaman. M18.
A recipient of a fee, esp. one of a guinea; spec. a director of a company appointed chiefly because of the prestige of his or her name or title. colloq. E19.
An evacuee or billetee in the war of 1939-45. colloq. (now Hist.). M20.