agouti

agouti
SYN: Dasyprocta. [Fr., fr. native Indian]

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agou·ti ə-'güt-ē n
1) a rodent of the genus Dasyprocta (esp. 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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agou·ti (ə-gooґte) [Fr., from Guarani acuti] a rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit and with brown and gray fur, found in tropical America; it is a reservoir for the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi and the tapeworm Echinococcus vogeli. 1. the pattern of alternating bands of color on the individual hairs of the fur of certain mammals. 2. pertaining to or characterized by such a pattern.

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  • agouti — [ aguti ] n. m. • 1758; agoutin 1556; var. acouti, acoutyXVII e; tupi guarani acouti ♦ Petit mammifère (rongeurs) des Antilles et de l Amérique du Sud, de la taille d un lièvre. ● agouti nom masculin (mot guarani) Petit rongeur d Amérique latine …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Agouti — refers to a number of species of rodents as well as a number of genes affecting coat coloration in several different animals.*When referring to a rodent, agouti can mean: ** The common agoutis (genus Dasyprocta ) are those popularly called… …   Wikipedia

  • Agouti — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ? Pacas Rango fósil: Recent Agouti paca …   Wikipedia Español

  • Agouti — A*gou ti, Agouty A*gou ty ([.a]*g[=oo] t[i^]), n. [F. agouti, acouti, Sp. aguti, fr. native name.] (Zo[ o]l.) 1. A rodent of the genus {Dasyprocta}, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • agouti — agouti. См. агути. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • agouti — n. pl. agouties [ə go͞ot′ē] n. agoutis [Fr (? via Sp agutí) < Tupí Guaraní akutí] a rabbit sized, nocturnal rodent (family Dasyproctidae) with grizzled fur, found in tropical America: also sp. agouty n. agouties …   English World dictionary

  • Agouti —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir gène agouti.  Nom vernaculaire ou nom normalisé ambigu : Le terme « Agouti » s applique en français à plusieurs taxons distincts …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Agouti — Wildfarbenes Kaninchen Schwarze Ratte …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • agouti — /euh gooh tee/, n., pl. agoutis, agouties. 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… …   Universalium

  • agouti — Central American rodent that has given its name to a grey flecked coat coloration in mice caused by alternate light and dark bands on individual hairs. The gene codes for a 131 residue secreted protein that regulates phaeomelanin synthesis in… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

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