agouties

agouties
n. type of rabbit-like rodent belonging to the Guinea-pig family (native to tropical America); unusually light and dark striped fur of the agouti; any animals with brown and white striped fur; term used in genetics to point out the natural wild color of the hair of specific mammalsn. type of rodent belonging to the Guinea-pig family (native to tropical America)

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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  • agouti — /euh gooh tee/, n., pl. agoutis, agouties. 1. any of several short haired, short eared, rabbitlike rodents of the genus Dasyprocta, of South and Central America and the West Indies, destructive to sugar cane. 2. an irregularly barred pattern of… …   Universalium

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  • agouti — /əˈguti/ (say uh goohtee) noun (plural agoutis or agouties) 1. any of several short haired, short eared, rabbit like rodents of the genus Dasyprocta, of South and Central America and the West Indies, destructive to sugar cane. 2. an irregularly… …  

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