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| guinea pig |
| 1. n. A tailless rodent of the the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia, with short ears and larger than a hamster; the species Cavia porcellus is often kept as a pet. |
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| 2. n. A rodent of any of several species within the family Caviidae. |
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| 3. n. (figuratively) A living experimental subject. |
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| He became a human guinea pig and was paid by the company. |
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| 4. n. (dated, slang) A professional company director, without time or real qualifications for the duties. |
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| 5. n. (obsolete) Term of contempt. |
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| guinea |
| 1. n. (US, slang) A person of Italian descent. |
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| 2. n. (UK, historical) A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings. |
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| 3. n. synonym of guinea fowl |
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| pig |
| 1. n. Any of several intelligent mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus scrofa. |
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| The man kept a pen with two pigs that he fed from carrots to cabbage. |
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| 2. n. (specifically) A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine). |
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| 3. n. The edible meat of such an animal; pork. |
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| Some religions prohibit their adherents from eating pig. |
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