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Definition of agoutis in English English dictionary
- plural of agouti
- 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
- Agouti
- Normally refers to Golden Agouti, the original "wild" color of the Mongolian Gerbil
- Agouti
- A characteristic of the coat color of wild-type mice and other mammals in which an individual hair has black pigment (eumelanin) at the tip and the base, and a band of yellow pigment (phaeomelanin) in the middle This coloration has the effect of softening the visual outline of a mammal in the wild, making it harder to see than an animal of solid color See the MLC entry for the non-agouti gene for pictures
- Agouti
- Rat with 'wild' markings, browns and tans, with lighter colored stomach
- Agouti
- agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food
- Agouti
- A small rodent native to lowland South and Central America Both the agouti and the related paca were (and are) valued for their meat
- agouti
- A rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
- agouti
- {i} type of rabbit-like rodent belonging to the Guinea-pig family (native to tropical America); unusually light and dark striped fur of the agouti; any animals with brown and white striped fur; term used in genetics to point out the natural wild color of the hair of specific mammals
- agouti
- Any of several species (genus Dasyprocta) of rabbit-sized rodents that occur in the American tropics (southern Mexico to northern South America). Agoutis are 16-24 in. (40-60 cm) long and have a long body, small ears, either a vestigial tail or none at all, and slender feet with long, hooflike claws. Their wiry fur is reddish brown to blackish, with individual hairs banded in what is called the agouti pattern. Agoutis generally live in forests and eat roots, leaves, and fruit
- agouti
- A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies
- agouti
- The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti