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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

Literary usage of Agouty

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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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