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agouti
CIDE DICTIONARY
agouti, n. [F. agouti, acouti, Sp. aguti, fr. native name.].
- A rodent of the genus
Dasyprocta , about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is theDasyprocta agouti . [1913 Webster] - the color of the agouti{1}, a grayish-brown of grizzled texture; -- used especially to describe the color of the fur of a strain of mice. Also used attributively. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
agouti, n. (also aguti) (pl. agoutis) any burrowing rodent of the genus Dasyprocta or Myoprocta of Central and S. America, related to the guinea-pig.
Etymology
F agouti or Sp. aguti f. Tupi aguti
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