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agouta

American  
[uh-goo-tuh] / əˈgu tə /

noun

Zoology.

  1. the Haitian solenodon, Solenodon paradoxus.

Etymology

Origin of agouta

From French, from Spanish aguta, from Taíno

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Agouta, a-gōō′ta, n. a rat-like animal of Hayti.

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