agouti

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English

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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agouti (plural agoutis)

  1. A rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs, of the genus Dasyprocta.
    • 1988, Octavia E. Butler, “Part II, Chapter 6”, in Adulthood Rites, page 99:
      Akin looked around to be certain he was unobserved, tthen went out to watch the agouti. He had not seen one close up before. Lilith claimed they looked like a cross between deer and rats.
  2. 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.

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See also

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Tupi akuti.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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agouti m (plural agoutis)

  1. agouti (rodent)

Further reading

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