le cavie

guinea pigs, lab subjects

ˈk a . v j e → cavia

cavi guinea pig + e Feminine plural

noun · plural feminine Rare #39,840

guinea pigs, lab subjects Often used figuratively for people or animals being experimented on or tested.

IT: I miei figli fanno da cavie per la nuova ricetta.

EN: My children are guinea pigs for the new recipe.

Declension of cavia

caviecavia

Guinea pigs can die of loneliness.

They framed us to be guinea pigs, damn it!

— War Machine (2026)

To act as guinea pigs.

— The Experiment - Cercasi cavie umane (2001)

Worked with lab rats?

— Ratatouille (2007)

The people in the laboratories were just guinea pigs.

— Thunderbolts* (2025)

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