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agouti

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a·gou·ti  (-gt)
n. pl. a·go·tis or a·gou·ties
1. A burrowing rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, native to tropical America and usually having brown fur streaked with gray.
2. The alternation of light and dark bands of color in the fur of various animals, producing a grizzled appearance.
[French, from American Spanish agutí, from Guarani acutí.]
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Noun1.agoutiagouti - agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food
Dasyprocta aguti
gnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
Dasyprocta, genus Dasyprocta - type genus of the Dasyproctidae: agoutis
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Occasionally a deer, or a Guanaco (wild Llama) may be seen; but the Agouti (Cavia Patagonica) is the commonest quadruped.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
On these same plains of La Plata, we see the agouti and bizcacha, animals having nearly the same habits as our hares and rabbits and belonging to the same order of Rodents, but they plainly display an American type of structure.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
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