2007-12-29 05:45:55 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Animal, Person, or things used as a substitute in an experiment.
Lab Rats for example may be rats, but when used in an experiment they are Guinea Pigs...
(Not to be confused with the accual animal called the Guinea Pig, which also could be used as a "Guinea Pig")
2007-12-29 05:50:20 · answer #1 · answered by e13333 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A guinea pig is a small animal of the rodent family.
2007-12-29 05:50:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guinea Pig has two meanings.
1.A domesticated S.American cavy,[Cavia Porcellus] kept as a pet or for research in biology etc.
2.A person or thing used as a subject for experiment.
Btw cavy is a small rodent,native to S .America ,having a sturdy body and vestigial tail.
2007-12-29 22:55:14 · answer #3 · answered by yogeshwargarg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have a guinea pig its a little pig and it was from guinea in the start now they are everywear very good pets except when they eat through your computer cords then they become ex pets
ps did you know you can train them to talk i recorded my name on a tape over and over and just keep playing it to my guinea pig and eventually they can kind of say it crannypete you have to liosten careful but
2007-12-29 05:50:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has two meanings.
One, it can be a small furry criter commonly kept as pets by children.
Two, it can also refer to something or someone being tested on in a science experiment. Next to mice, Guinea Pigs were often used in animal tests.
2007-12-29 05:48:34 · answer #5 · answered by Goth Skunk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kind of like a Test subject. Test a new recipe out on someone, you can say they were the guinea pig of seeing how your recipe turned out, see if they like it or not.
2007-12-29 05:49:10 · answer #6 · answered by Stephanie F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means youre being used as a tester.
say, a scientist wants to try out a new medication, and its ready for the people stage, if he tests it on you first to see if it works, youre his "guinea pig"
2007-12-29 05:48:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You r there test subject, the one that will b exposed to a new idea. To see how you react to a certain idea or problem
2007-12-29 05:50:29 · answer #8 · answered by cc's bad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
item of experimentation ...first subject to be used to test something....
2007-12-29 05:53:30 · answer #9 · answered by Sirena 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋