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agouti

/əˈɡuːti/

agouti noun: a rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs, mainly native to Central and South America.

agouti: a rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs,...
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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.

agouti meaning in Tamil and Persian

agouti in Tamil

அகௌட்டி

agouti in Persian

a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
کمگوش kam-guš

Forms of agouti

pluralagoutis

Origin of agouti

From French agouti, from Old Tupi akuti. The name of the acouchi is probably from the same source.

Words formed from agouti

Words that rhyme with agouti

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Questions about agouti

What does agouti mean?
Agouti means a rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs, mainly native to Central and South America.
What is agouti in Tamil?
Agouti in Tamil is அகௌட்டி. See Agouti meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is agouti?
Agouti is a noun.
How do you pronounce agouti?
Agouti is pronounced /əˈɡuːti/.
What is the plural of agouti?
The plural of agouti is agoutis.

Words near agouti in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: agouti (page history and authors); agouti (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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