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 →

2) Agouti is also a fur colour pattern where each hair has bands of light and dark, common in wild rabbits and mice. tree →

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 →
• Agoutis can crack very hard nuts with their sharp teeth. tree →
• Some buried nuts are forgotten and grow into new trees. tree →
• The agouti ran into the bushes when it heard us. tree →
• Our pet rabbit has agouti fur, like a wild rabbit. tree →
• Agoutis live in the rainforests of South America. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «agouti» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.