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# agouti

«agouti» in Mova's school dictionary: **a rodent of Central and South America, with long legs…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an agouti, agoutis)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An agouti is a rodent of Central and South America, with long legs, like a large guinea pig, that eats fruit and nuts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agouti/#m1)

2) Agouti is also a fur colour pattern where each hair has bands of light and dark, common in wild rabbits and mice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agouti/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in science lessons about rainforests, seed dispersal (agoutis bury Brazil nuts that later grow into trees), and genetics of animal colours.

### examples

- The agouti buried a Brazil nut in the forest floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agouti/#x1)
- Agoutis can crack very hard nuts with their sharp teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agouti/#x2)
- Some buried nuts are forgotten and grow into new trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agouti/#x3)
- The agouti ran into the bushes when it heard us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agouti/#x4)
- Our pet rabbit has agouti fur, like a wild rabbit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agouti/#x5)
- Agoutis live in the rainforests of South America. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agouti/#x6)

### note

Pronounced a-GOO-tee. Plural «agoutis». It is a real animal, not a made-up one.

### In the corpora

- [Agoutis open hard Brazil nut pods and bury spare seeds, and the forgotten seeds grow into new Brazil nut trees.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/157-the-amazon-forest-floor/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «agouti» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agouti/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.