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Agouti vs Coypu - What's the difference?

agouti | coypu |

As nouns the difference between agouti and coypu

is that agouti is a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs while coypu is 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.

agouti

English

(wikipedia agouti)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs.
  • 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.

    • See also

    * ----

    coypu

    English

    (wikipedia coypu) (Myocastor coypus)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • 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 )