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guinea ​pig
noun

Definition

  • a small stout-bodied short-eared tailless domesticated rodent (Cavia porcellus) of South American origin often kept as a pet and widely used in biological research

    called also cavy

  • a subject of research, experimentation, or testing
Examples
  • //He volunteered to act as a guinea pig in the experiment.
First Known Use
1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1
gum​bo
noun (1)
gum·​bo
ˈgəm-(ˌ)bō
plural gum​bos

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a soup thickened with okra pods or filé and containing meat or seafoods and usually vegetables
  • any of various fine-grained silty soils especially of the central U.S. that when wet become impervious and soapy or waxy and very sticky
    a heavy sticky mud
noun (2)
variants: or Gumbo

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

Other Words
Noun (1)
  • gumbo adjective
guinea ​pig
noun

Definition

  • a small stout-bodied short-eared tailless domesticated rodent (Cavia porcellus) of South American origin often kept as a pet and widely used in biological research

    called also cavy

  • a subject of research, experimentation, or testing
Examples
  • //He volunteered to act as a guinea pig in the experiment.
First Known Use
1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1
gum​bo
noun (1)
gum·​bo
ˈgəm-(ˌ)bō
plural gum​bos

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a soup thickened with okra pods or filé and containing meat or seafoods and usually vegetables
  • any of various fine-grained silty soils especially of the central U.S. that when wet become impervious and soapy or waxy and very sticky
    a heavy sticky mud
noun (2)
variants: or Gumbo

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

Other Words
Noun (1)
  • gumbo adjective
guinea ​pig
noun

Definition

  • a small stout-bodied short-eared tailless domesticated rodent (Cavia porcellus) of South American origin often kept as a pet and widely used in biological research

    called also cavy

  • a subject of research, experimentation, or testing
Examples
  • //He volunteered to act as a guinea pig in the experiment.
First Known Use
1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1
gum​bo
noun (1)
gum·​bo
ˈgəm-(ˌ)bō
plural gum​bos

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a soup thickened with okra pods or filé and containing meat or seafoods and usually vegetables
  • any of various fine-grained silty soils especially of the central U.S. that when wet become impervious and soapy or waxy and very sticky
    a heavy sticky mud
noun (2)
variants: or Gumbo

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

Other Words
Noun (1)
  • gumbo adjective
guinea ​pig
noun

Definition

  • a small stout-bodied short-eared tailless domesticated rodent (Cavia porcellus) of South American origin often kept as a pet and widely used in biological research

    called also cavy

  • a subject of research, experimentation, or testing
Examples
  • //He volunteered to act as a guinea pig in the experiment.
First Known Use
1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1
gum​bo
noun (1)
gum·​bo
ˈgəm-(ˌ)bō
plural gum​bos

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a soup thickened with okra pods or filé and containing meat or seafoods and usually vegetables
  • any of various fine-grained silty soils especially of the central U.S. that when wet become impervious and soapy or waxy and very sticky
    a heavy sticky mud
noun (2)
variants: or Gumbo

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

Other Words
Noun (1)
  • gumbo adjective