| 释义 |
agou·ti
I. noun
also agou·ty \əˈgüd.ē, -ütē, -i\
(plural agoutis also agouties)
Etymology: French agouti, from Spanish agutí, from Guarani acutí, agutí
1. : a rodent of the genera Dasyprocta and Myoprocta being about the size of a rabbit and brownish or grizzled in color and peculiar to So. and Central America and the West Indies
2.
a. : a grizzled color of the fur or hair of many rodents (as wild guinea pigs, rats, mice, and squirrels) consisting of the barring of each hair in several alternate dark and light bands blackish blue or brown at the base and yellowish at the tip
b. : an agouti-coated animal
 [agouti 1]
II. adjective
: characterized by or bearing the color agouti |