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Guinea pig — For the domestic pig breed, see Guinea Hog. For other uses, see Guinea pig (disambiguation). Guinea pig … Wikipedia
guinea pig — noun person used in experiments ADJECTIVE ▪ human ▪ The company used my client as a human guinea pig. VERB + GUINEA PIG ▪ act as, be ▪ Twenty students volunteered to act as guinea pigs … Collocations dictionary
(a) guinea pig — if someone is used as a guinea pig, new ideas or products are tested on them. They re looking for volunteers to act as guinea pigs for a new AIDS vaccine … New idioms dictionary
Guinea — Guinean, adj., n. /gin ee/, n. 1. a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary. 2. Formerly, French Guinea. an independent republic in W Africa, on the Atlantic coast. 7,405,375; ab. 96,900 sq. mi. (251,000… … Universalium
guin|ea-pig — guinea pig, 1. a short eared, tailless rodent kept as a pet and for experiments; cavy. It is like a big, fat, harmless rat. 2. Figurative. any person or thing serving as a subject for experiment or observation. ╂[uncertain allusion to Guinea]… … Useful english dictionary
100,000,000 Guinea Pigs — 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs: Dangers in Everyday Foods, Drugs, and Cosmetics is a book written by Arthur Kallet and F.J. Schlink first released in 1933 by the Vanguard Press and manufactured in the United States of America. Its central argument… … Wikipedia
Daylight Saving Act of 1917 — The Daylight Saving Act of 1917 was an enacted by the Dominion of Newfoundland to adopt daylight saving time (DST), thus making it one of the first jurisdictions in North America to do so, only a year after the United Kingdom on May 21, 1916. DST … Wikipedia
History of Papua New Guinea — The history of Papua New Guinea can be traced back to about 60,000 years ago when people first migrated towards the Australian continent. The written history began when European navigators first sighted New Guinea in the early part of the 16th… … Wikipedia
New Guinea — (Papua Island) Geography Location Melanesia Coordinates … Wikipedia
performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains … Universalium
Superior olivary complex — For the cerebellar structure, see Dentate nucleus. Brain: Superior olivary complex Scheme showing the course of the fibers of the lemniscus; medial lemniscus in blue, lateral in red. (Superior olivary nucleus is labeled at center ri … Wikipedia
