English noun: guinea pig | |||
| 1. | guinea pig (person) a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation | ||
| Samples | The subjects for this investigation were selected randomly. The cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities. | ||
| Synonyms | case, subject | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| 2. | guinea pig (animal) stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research | ||
| Synonyms | Cavia cobaya | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cavy | ||