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agouti
(encz) | agouti,aguti n: [zool.] druh hlodavce Stanislav Horáček |
Agouti
(gcide) | Agouti \A*gou"ti\, Agouty \A*gou"ty\ ([.a]*g[=oo]"t[i^]), n. [F.
agouti, acouti, Sp. aguti, fr. native name.] (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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[PJC] |
agouti
(wn) | agouti
n 1: agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America
and South America and the West Indies; valued as food [syn:
agouti, Dasyprocta aguti] |
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agouti
(encz) | agouti,aguti n: [zool.] druh hlodavce Stanislav Horáček |
Agouti paca
(gcide) | paca \pa"ca\ (Pg. p[aum]"k[.a]; E. p[=a]"k[.a]), n. [Pg., from
the native name.]
1. (Zool.) A large burrowing South American rodent ({Agouti
paca} syn. Cuniculus paca, formerly {C[oe]logenys
paca}), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows
of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is
closely allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig and is
highly esteemed as food.
[1913 Webster] |
Dasyprocta agouti
(gcide) | Agouti \A*gou"ti\, Agouty \A*gou"ty\ ([.a]*g[=oo]"t[i^]), n. [F.
agouti, acouti, Sp. aguti, fr. native name.] (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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[PJC] |
agouti
(wn) | agouti
n 1: agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America
and South America and the West Indies; valued as food [syn:
agouti, Dasyprocta aguti] |
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