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DASYPROCTA AGUTI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dasyprocta aguti mean? 

DASYPROCTA AGUTI (noun)
  The noun DASYPROCTA AGUTI has 1 sense:

1. agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as foodplay

  Familiarity information: DASYPROCTA AGUTI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DASYPROCTA AGUTI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

agouti; Dasyprocta aguti

Hypernyms ("Dasyprocta aguti" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Holonyms ("Dasyprocta aguti" is a member of...):

Dasyprocta; genus Dasyprocta (type genus of the Dasyproctidae: agoutis)


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