agouti

  1. Noun.  A rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs.
  2. Noun.  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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