agouti
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French agouti or Spanish agutí, both from Old Tupi akuti and other Tupian languages. The name of the acouchi is probably from the same source.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
agouti (plural agoutis)
- A rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs, of the genus Dasyprocta.
- A fur containing a pattern of pigmentation in which individual hairs have several bands of light and dark pigment with black tips; any of several genes responsible for this pigmentation.
Translations[edit]
a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
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See also[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
agouti m (plural agoutis)
- agouti (rodent)
Further reading[edit]
- “agouti”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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