agouti

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs, mainly native to Central and South America.
    — Akin looked around to be certain he was unobserved, then went out to watch the agouti. He had not seen one close up before. Lilith claimed they looked like a cross between deer and rats.
  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.

词形变化

agoutis plural

词汇关系

衍生词
nonagouti Orinoco agouti pseudoagouti

词源

From French agouti, from Old Tupi akuti. The name of the acouchi is probably from the same source.
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