Agouti

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  agouti
       n : agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and
           South America and the West Indies; valued as food [syn: {Dasyprocta
           aguti}]
       [also: {agouties} (pl)]