A-gou'ti or A-gou'ty, n.

(a-gōō'tĭ), n. [Fr. agouti, acouti, Sp. aguti, N. Lat. cavia aguti, mus aguti, cuniculus aguti. Aguti or acuti is the indigenous American name.] (Zoöl.) A genus of rodents about the size and shape of a large hare, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti.