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Rodent related to the guinea pig
Answer for the clue "Rodent related to the guinea pig ", 6 letters:
agouti
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Agouti is a type of fur coloration in which each hair displays alternating bands of dark and light pigmentation . Agouti fur is the wild type pigmentation for many domesticated mammals .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.) A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta , about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species ...
Usage examples of agouti.
They were maras, a sort of agouti, a little larger than their congeners of tropical countries, regular American rabbits, with long ears, jaws armed on each side with five molars, which distinguish the agouti.
Neb and Pencroft, on whom the functions of cooks naturally devolved, to the one in his quality of Negro, to the other in that of sailor, quickly prepared some broiled agouti, to which they did great justice.
The fire was lighted, and Neb and Pencroft, on whom the functions of cooks naturally devolved, to the one in his quality of Negro, to the other in that of sailor, quickly prepared some broiled agouti, to which they did great justice.
Only later would the hair develop the dark and light bars of the typical agouti coloration of an adult wolf -- if it would at all.
Nonetheless, our golden agouti vanished, stolen by someone who ate it, Father suspected.
On these same plains of La Plata, we see the agouti and bizcacha, animals having nearly the same habits as our hares and rabbits and belonging to the same order of Rodents, but they plainly display an American type of structure.
Tapirs, deer, agouti and other game fell before his arrows, until he had accumulated enough to supply the cabin for weeks to come.
Several pigs, agoutis, kangaroos, and other rodents were seen, also two or three koalas, at which Pencroft longed to have a shot.
She imagined the smell of the rain forest and the chatter of monkeys, the rustle of agoutis, the slither of anacondas, the screech of macaws.
On these same plains of La Plata, we see the agouti and bizcacha, animals having nearly the same habits as our hares and rabbits and belonging to the same order of Rodents, but they plainly display an American type of structure.
She imagined the smell of the rain forest and the chatter of monkeys, the rustle of agoutis, the slither of anacondas, the screech of macaws.
They were maras, a sort of agouti, a little larger than their congeners of tropical countries, regular American rabbits, with long ears, jaws armed on each side with five molars, which distinguish the agouti.
Only later would the hair develop the dark and light bars of the typical agouti coloration of an adult wolf -- if it would at all.
Bad as the country was, ostriches, deer, agoutis, and armadilloes, were abundant.
If he could also get an agouti or a capivara, he would have something to give the Araos when he should come upon their maloca.