different between agouti vs coypu

English

Etymology

From French agouti or Spanish agutí, both from Old Tupi akuti and other Tupian languages. The name of the acouchi is probably from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???u?ti/
• Rhymes: -u?ti

Noun

agouti (plural agoutis)

1. A rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs, of the family Dasyprocta.
2. 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.

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See also

• Appendix:Animals

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi akuti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.?u.ti/

Noun

agouti m (plural agoutis)

1. agouti (rodent)

Further reading

• “agouti” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Spanish coipú, from Mapudungun koypu.

Noun

coypu (plural coypus or coypu)

1. A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere.

Synonyms

• nutria (especially North America)

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