agouti: Meaning and Definition of

a•gou•ti

Pronunciation: (u-g'tē), [key]
— pl. -tis, -ties.
  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 the fur of certain rodents.
  3. an animal having fur of this pattern.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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