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Definition of Acouchy

1. n. A small species of agouti (Dasyprocta acouchy).

Definition of Acouchy

1. Noun. the acouchi ¹

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Definition of Acouchy

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

Medical Definition of Acouchy

1. A small species of agouti (Dasyprocta acouchy). Origin: F. Acouchi, from the native name Guiana. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acouchy

Literary usage of Acouchy

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

1. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"They are flat, and serrated on their inner edges. The prostate gland ' The membranous part of the urethra is long. [THE acouchy (Dasyprocta ..."

2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1876)
"Many examples are now living in the Society's Gardens. 10. D. acouchy. ... Dasyprocta acouchy, Desmarest, Mamm. ii. p. 358 ; Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. ..."

3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1874)
"76), to the acouchy (Dasyprocta ... they are certainly not referable to D. acouchy, to which I must have referred the first specimen, simply because Mr. ..."

4. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"The pollex is shorter in the Agouti than in the acouchy. The fifth finger is much reduced in size, but has the normal number of phalanges. ..."

5. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"The pollex is shorter in the Agouti than in the acouchy. The fifth finger is much reduced in size, but has the normal number of phalanges. ..."

6. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1854)
"Lond. 8°. 1847. 95. On the Anatomy of the Beaver (Castor Fiber, L.).—Proc. Com. Zool. Soc. I. p. 19. 96. On the Anatomy of the acouchy (Dasyprocta ..."

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