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Agouty   Listen
noun
Agouty, Agouti  n.  (Zool.)
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.
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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"Agouty" Quotes from Famous Books



... enemies of the cacao are the agouti, stag, squirrel, monkey, &c. The agouti produces most havoc. It often destroys in one night all the hopes ...
— The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom • P. L. Simmonds


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