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a⋅gou⋅ti

  [uh-goo-tee]
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–noun, plural -tis, -ties.
1. any of several short-haired, short-eared, rabbitlike rodents of the genus Dasyprocta, of South and Central America and the West Indies, destructive to sugar cane.
2. an irregularly barred pattern of the fur of certain rodents.
3. an animal having fur of this pattern.
Origin:
1725–35; < F < Sp agutí < Tupian agutí, agoutí, acutí
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a·gou·ti   (ə-gōō'tē)   
n.   pl. a·gou·tis

  1. A burrowing rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, native to tropical America and usually having brown fur streaked with gray.

  2. The alternation of light and dark bands of color in the fur of various animals, producing a grizzled appearance.


[French, from American Spanish agutí, from Guarani acutí.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: agou·ti
Pronunciation: &-'güt-E
Function: noun
1 : a rodent of the genus Dasyprocta (especially D.leporina)
2 : a grizzled color of fur resulting from the barring of each hair in several alternate dark and light bands
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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