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Definition: Dasyprocta agouti
Agouti
\A*gou"ti\, Agouty
\A*gou"ty\ ([.a]*g[=oo]"t[i^]), n. [F.
agouti, acouti, Sp. aguti, fr. native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. 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 the
Dasyprocta agouti.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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.
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