"agouti" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈɡuːti/ Audio: En-us-agouti.oga Forms: agoutis [plural]
Rhymes: -uːti Etymology: From French agouti, from Old Tupi akuti. The name of the acouchi is probably from the same source. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|bor|fr>agouti>Dasyprocta|id=Dasyprocta}}, {{bor|en|fr|agouti}} French agouti, {{der|en|tpw|akuti}} Old Tupi akuti Head templates: {{en-noun}} agouti (plural agoutis)
  1. A rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs, of the genus Dasyprocta. Categories (lifeform): Caviomorphs Translations (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs): agoeti (Afrikaans), goudhaas (Afrikaans), agutí [masculine] (Catalan), ipi (Chayahuita), 刺豚鼠 (cìtún shǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), agoeti (Dutch), agutio (Esperanto), aguti (Finnish), agouti (French), აგუტი (aguṭi) (Georgian), Aguti (German), akuti (Guaraní), אגוטי (Hebrew), aguti (Italian), 아구티 (aguti) (Korean), agutis [masculine] (Lithuanian), tikrieji agučiai (Lithuanian), akuxi (Mbyá Guaraní), akuti (Old Tupi), کمگوش (kam-guš) (Persian), aguti złocisty (Polish), cutia [feminine] (Portuguese), chiwayru (Quechua), aguti [masculine] (Romanian), агу́ти (agúti) [masculine] (Russian), агути [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), aguti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), agutí [masculine] (Spanish), añuje [Peru, masculine] (Spanish), cotuza [El-Salvador, Guatemala, feminine] (Spanish), guatusa [Costa-Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, feminine] (Spanish), jochi colorado [Bolivia, masculine] (Spanish), ñeque [Colombia, Panama, masculine] (Spanish), picure [Venezuela, masculine] (Spanish), sereque [Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), aguti (Swedish), aguti (Turkish), агуті (ahuti) (Ukrainian), aguti [common-gender] (Zazaki)
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  2. 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.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Orinoco agouti

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "word": "Orinoco agouti"
    }
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          "ref": "1988, Octavia E. Butler, “Part II, Chapter 6”, in Adulthood Rites, page 99:",
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      "ipa": "/əˈɡuːti/"
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "agoeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "goudhaas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agutí"
    },
    {
      "code": "cbt",
      "lang": "Chayahuita",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "ipi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cìtún shǔ",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "刺豚鼠"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "agoeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "agutio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "aguti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "agouti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aguṭi",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "აგუტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "Aguti"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "akuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "אגוטי"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "aguti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "aguti",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "아구티"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agutis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "tikrieji agučiai"
    },
    {
      "code": "gun",
      "lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "akuxi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpw",
      "lang": "Old Tupi",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "akuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kam-guš",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "کمگوش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "aguti złocisty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cutia"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "chiwayru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aguti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "agúti",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "агу́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "агути"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "aguti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agutí"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "tags": [
        "Peru",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "añuje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "tags": [
        "El-Salvador",
        "Guatemala",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cotuza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "tags": [
        "Costa-Rica",
        "Honduras",
        "Nicaragua",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guatusa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "tags": [
        "Bolivia",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jochi colorado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "tags": [
        "Colombia",
        "Panama",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ñeque"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "tags": [
        "Venezuela",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "picure"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sereque"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "aguti"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "aguti"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ahuti",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "word": "агуті"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "aguti"
    }
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    "agouti"
  ],
  "word": "agouti"
}

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