AGOUTI (agouties)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: agouties   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does agouti mean? 

• AGOUTI (noun)
  The noun AGOUTI has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: AGOUTI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGOUTI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

agouti; Dasyprocta aguti

Hypernyms ("agouti" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Holonyms ("agouti" is a member of...):

Dasyprocta; genus Dasyprocta (type genus of the Dasyproctidae: agoutis)

 Context examples 

A New Zealand rabbit with a red or agouti coat and coat genotype w, VV, en, e.

(New Zealand Red Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The ACI/Seg rat is agouti in color, with a white belly and feet, genotype A hi.

(ACI/Seg, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

The C3H/HeJ mouse has an agouti coat color and genotype +, rd.

(C3H/HeJ Mouse, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The C3H/HeJ mouse has an agouti coat color (genotype +, rd) and 90% of non-fostered offspring developed mammary tumors by 11 months or age.

(C3H/HeJ Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

A New Zealand rabbit with a red or agouti coat and coat genotype w, VV, en, e. The New Zealand Red is commonly utilized in biomedical research, in a variety of studies including developmental toxicity studies, toxicology studies, asthma research, and antibody production.

(New Zealand Red Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus)