rock cavy

noun

A large cavy, Kerodon rupestris, native to Brazil.

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Meanings

nounrock cavy (plural rock cavies)

plural rock cavies

  1. A large cavy, Kerodon rupestris, native to Brazil.

    [T]hey buried him in Borracha, where they had set up a shelter, in which the Sardelinha sisters offered soup made from Spanish plums, rock cavy, and yellow lupine.

    1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 93

Translations

Finnish kalliomarsu
  • kalliomarsurodent
German Bergmeerschweinchen
  • Bergmeerschweinchenrodent
Portuguese mocó
  • mocórodent
Cite this entry
APA

rock cavy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rock%20cavy

MLA

“rock cavy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rock%20cavy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rock cavy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rock%20cavy.

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