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

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

n. A rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs.

n. 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

n. 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.

n. 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.

n. The American name of several species of rodent mammals of the genus Dasyprocta and family Dasyproctidæ.

n. agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food

"Now the agouti is a very large rodent from Central and South America."

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