agouti

Plural: agouties, agoutis

Noun

A large rodent from Central and South America.
agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food
A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs, mainly native to Central and South America.
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.

Examples

AGOUTI scurried across the board for a respectable 28 points.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

Dasyprocta aguti

Scrabble Score: 7

agouti: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
agouti: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
agouti: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

agouti: valid Words With Friends Word