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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 food
Familiarity information: DASYPROCTA AGUTI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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