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agouta

agouta is the archaic form of agouti.

Meaning of agouti

Noun

agouti (plural agoutis)

  1. 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
  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.

Forms of agouta

pluralagoutas

Questions about agouta

What is agouta the archaic form of?
Agouta is the archaic form of agouti.

Words near agouta in the dictionary

  1. agouara
  2. agouaras
  3. Agoura
  4. Agoura Hills
  5. Agourai
  6. agouta
  7. agoutas
  8. agouti
  9. agouties
  10. agoutis
  11. agouty

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