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: any of a genus (Dasyprocta) of tropical American rodents about the size of a rabbit
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: a grizzled color of fur resulting from the barring of each hair in several alternate dark and light bands
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There were also sightings of less predatory creatures, like capuchin monkeys and the guinea pig-like agouti.
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 7 July 2025
An agouti has kind of a snout on it.
—A.j. Jacobs, Men's Health, 8 Mar. 2023
One key souvenir from that mating: a jackrabbit version of agouti, the gene that normally revs up its activity and turns snowshoe fur white in the winter, the researchers report today in Science.
—Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 21 June 2018
That spring, a non-flying vulture used a gust of wind to make it out of its enclosure at the Zoo, and in July 2015, a squirrel-like agouti ducked out of its cage before being caught less than 30 minutes later.
—Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 30 Jan. 2017
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 7 July 2025
An agouti has kind of a snout on it.
—A.j. Jacobs, Men's Health, 8 Mar. 2023
One key souvenir from that mating: a jackrabbit version of agouti, the gene that normally revs up its activity and turns snowshoe fur white in the winter, the researchers report today in Science.
—Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 21 June 2018
That spring, a non-flying vulture used a gust of wind to make it out of its enclosure at the Zoo, and in July 2015, a squirrel-like agouti ducked out of its cage before being caught less than 30 minutes later.
—Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 30 Jan. 2017
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“Agouti.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agouti. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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agouti
noun
agou·ti
ə-ˈgüt-ē 
1
: a tropical American rodent about the size of a rabbit
2
: a gray-streaked color of fur resulting from the barring of each hair in several alternate dark and light bands
Medical Definition
agouti
noun
agou·ti
ə-ˈgüt-ē
1
: a rodent of the genus Dasyprocta (especially D. leporina)
2
: a grizzled color of fur resulting from the barring of each hair in several alternate dark and light bands
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