Definition of Agouty

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of agouti) ¹

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Definition of Agouty

1. agouti [n -TIES] - See also: agouti

Medical Definition of Agouty

1. A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti. Origin: F. Agouti, acouti, Sp. Aguti, fr. Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agouty

agoraphobia
agoraphobias
agoraphobic
agoraphobics
agoras
agorot
agoroth
agostic
agouara
agouaras
agouta
agoutas
agouti
agouties
agoutis
agouty (current term)
agpaite
agpaites
agpaitic
agrace
agraced
agracing
agrafe
agrafes
agraff
agraffe
agraffes
agrammatica
agrammatism
agrammatist

Literary usage of Agouty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the History of Medicine: With Medical Chronology by Fielding Hudson Garrison (1914)
"It was followed by six anatomic plates of his pupil, Jan Ladmiral, and by the many fine atlases of Jacob-Fabian Gaultier d'agouty (1717-86). ..."

2. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1870)
"Scuttling about, quickly, we may suppose, and in mighty fear, was to be found the agouty, a little American beast, like a rabbit. Animating the air, was the ..."

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