agouti en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əˈɡuːti/
- (General-American) audio
Etymology
From French agouti, from Old Tupi akuti. The name of the acouchi is probably from the same source.
Meanings
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A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs, mainly native to Central and South America.
Akin looked around to be certain he was unobserved, then 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.
1988, Octavia E. Butler, “Part II, Chapter 6”, in Adulthood Rites, page 99:
- 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| agoutis | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Orinoco agouti · pseudoagouti · nonagouti
Translations (39)
gcr agouti (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · lt tikrieji agučiai (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · es agutí (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · pt cutia (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · sh агути (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · it aguti (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · ka აგუტი (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · ko 아구티 (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · tr aguti (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · qu chiwayru (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · cbt ipi (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · lt agutis (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · es sereque (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · ru агу́ти (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · sh aguti (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · pl aguti złocisty (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · tpw akuti (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · cmn 刺豚鼠 (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · fi aguti (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · sv aguti (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · ca agutí (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · eo agutio (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · es picure (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · es jochi colorado (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · fr agouti (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · he אגוטי (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · af goudhaas (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · ro aguti (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · fa کمگوش (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · de Aguti (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · af agoeti (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · es cotuza (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · es guatusa (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · uk агуті (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · gun akuxi (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · nl agoeti (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · es ñeque (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · zza aguti (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) · es añuje (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs)