English-Hungarian translations for guinea pig

• tengerimalac
• kísérleti nyúl
  A gyógyszereket a forgalomba helyezésük előtt kell alapos vizsgálatnak alávetni, nem pedig azután, hogy a betegek évekig "kísérleti nyúlként” már használták őket. Medicinal products must be checked before they come onto the market and not only after patients have, in fact, been acting as guinea pigs for several years.
  Az európai ipart, amely jól birkózott meg saját problémáival, nem használhatjuk ismét kísérleti nyúlként, hacsak a rendszert nem hanyagul működtetik. We will not be able to use European industry, which has been dealing with its own affairs well, as a guinea pig again unless the system is operated in a slip-shod fashion.

Definition of guinea pig

• A tailless rodent of the family Caviidae and the genus ''Cavia'', with short ears and larger than a hamster; the species ''Cavia porcellus'is often kept as a pet
• A rodent of any of several species within the family Caviidae
• A professional company director, without time or real qualifications for the duties. Chambers 1908--

Examples

• He became a human guinea pig and was paid by the company.

Related words

• Guinea
• guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guineafowl
• Guinean
• guineafowl
• guinea-fowl
• Equatoguinean
• anguinea
• Bissau-Guinean