英和和英

語源

From French agouti, from Old Tupi akuti. The name of the acouchi is probably from the same source.

発音

• IPA: /əˈɡuːti/
• 韻: -uːti

名詞

agouti (plural agoutis)

1. A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs, mainly native to Central and South America.
   • 1988, Octavia E. Butler, “Part II, Chapter 6”, in Adulthood Rites, page 99:

     Akin looked around to be certain he was unobserved, then went out to watch the agouti. He had not seen one close up before. Lilith claimed they looked like a cross between deer and rats.

2. A fur containing a pattern of pigmentation in which individual hairs have several bands of light and dark pigment with black tips; any of several genes responsible for this pigmentation.

派生語

参考

• Appendix:Animals