ALL meanings of agouti
a·gou·ti
A a - noun agouti any hystricomorph rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, of Central and South America and the Caribbean: family Dasyproctidae. Agoutis are agile and long-legged, with hooflike claws, and are valued for their meat 3
- noun agouti a pattern of fur in certain rodents, characterized by irregular stripes 3
- noun agouti a rabbit-sized, nocturnal rodent (family Dasyproctidae) with grizzled fur, found in tropical America 3
- noun agouti A large, long- legged burrowing rodent related to the guinea pig, native to Central and South America. 1
- noun plural agouti 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. 1
- noun plural agouti an irregularly barred pattern of the fur of certain rodents. 1
- noun plural agouti an animal having fur of this pattern. 1
- noun agouti A rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs. 0
- noun agouti 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. 0