EGAVE

agouti

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs, mainly native to Central and South America.
  2. noun 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.

Similar words

dasyprocta aguti agouta agouty aguti guinea pig dasyproctid acouchi acouchy guineapig guiara

Often followed by

and paca gene locus factor is coat protein pattern

Word family

agoutis

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