The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894 Smith, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Eli), 1857-1913 Subjects: En

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Identifier: centurydictionary01whit Title: The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894 Smith, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Eli), 1857-1913 Subjects: English language Atlases Biography Encyclopedias and dictionaries Publisher: New York : The Century Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive
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Text Appearing Before Image: ' Text Appearing After Image: Agouti {Dasyprocta a^uti). The American name of several species of rodentmammals of the genus Dasijprocta and familyDasyproefido. The common agouti, or yellow-rumpedcavy! />. (igouti, is of the size of a rabbit. The upper partof the body is brownish, with a mixture of red and black;the belly yellowish. Three varieties are mentioned, allpeculiar to South America and the West Indies. It bur-rows in the ground or in hollow trees, lives on vegetables,doing much injury to the sugar-cane, is as voracious as apig, and makes a similar grunting noise. It holds its foodin its fore paws, like a squirrel. When scared or angryits hair becomes erect, and it strikes the ground with itshind feet. Its fiesh is white and of agreeable taste, andthe animal is pursued as game in Brazil. Also spelledagiili and agvuty. See acouchy and Dasyprocta, agracet, v. t. See aggrace. agraffe (a-graf), ?). [Also, as a historicalterm, agrappe, aggrappe; Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.