Definitions for agoutis

agoutis a·gou·ti

Spelling: [uh-goo-tee]
IPA: /əˈgu ti/

Agoutis is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 179 anagrams from letters in agoutis (agiostu).

Definitions for agoutis

noun

  1. any of several short-haired, short-eared, rabbitlike rodents of the genus Dasyprocta, of South and Central America and the West Indies, destructive to sugar cane.
  2. an irregularly barred pattern of the fur of certain rodents.
  3. an animal having fur of this pattern.

Origin of agoutis

1725-35; French Spanish agutí Tupian agutí, agoutí, acutí

Examples for agoutis

It differs from the agouti by having a tail, which the latter has not.

The agouti of South America is the representative of the Dasyproctidæ.

The material is probably the dung of the Capincha, an animal allied to the guinea-pig and the agouti.

I, too, know the agouti by descriptions and pictures, and there is little doubt that this is a specimen.

An agouti and a cabiai, not to mention a dozen partridges, enriched the larder after this fortunate excursion.

The Cavies and the agouti of America are classified with this family.

It includes the tapir, the agouti, the guinea-pig, and the peccari.

agouti (a-g′ti), the name of several rodent mammals, forming a family by themselves, genus Dasyprocta.

He is called by the name of agouti in the islands of Grenada and St. Lucia.

The agouti is a cousin of the hare and the rabbit, but lives in warmer lands than they.

Word Value for agoutis
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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