An alternative spelling or variant of acouchi, a small South American rodent.
Variant spelling of acouchi, showing different Anglicizations of the Tupi-origin word. Spelling variations were common in colonial-era zoological terminology.
English naturalists couldn't agree on how to spell indigenous animal names, so you'd see 'acouchi' and 'acouchy' used interchangeably—kind of like how 'coypu' and 'nutria' are different names for the same rodent.
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