Aperea

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aperea \A*pe"re*a\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
     The wild Guinea pig of Brazil ({Cavia aperea}).
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  aperea
       n : South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic
           guinea pig [syn: {wild cavy}, {Cavia porcellus}]