Guinea-pig Noun - Definition, Pictures, Pronunciation And Usage Notes

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Definition of guinea pig noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

guinea pig noun  /ˈɡɪni pɪɡ/  /ˈɡɪni pɪɡ/ jump to other results

1. a small animal with short ears and no tail, often kept as a petTopics Animalsb1
2. a person used in medical or other experiments
   • Students in fifty schools are to act as guinea pigs for these new teaching methods.
   Extra Examples
   • She wants Burke to be the guinea pig in the experiment.
   • The company used my client as a human guinea pig.
   • Twenty students volunteered to act as guinea pigs.
   Topics Scientific researchc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
   • human
   verb + guinea pig
   • act as
   • be
   • use somebody as
   • …
   preposition
   • guinea pig for
   See full entry

See guinea pig in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: guinea pig

Nearby words

• guinea fowl noun
• Guinean noun, adjective
• guinea pig noun
• Guinevere
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