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aguti

aguti 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 aguti

pluralagutis

Questions about aguti

What is aguti the archaic form of?
Aguti is the archaic form of agouti.

Words near aguti in the dictionary

  1. agutak
  2. agutaq
  3. Agutaya
  4. Agutayan
  5. Agutaynen
  6. aguti
  7. agutis
  8. Agutter
  9. AGV
  10. AGVs
  11. AGW

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