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Definition of Ocelot
1. Noun. Nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat.
Group relationships: Felis, Genus Felis
Generic synonyms: Wildcat
Definition of Ocelot
1. n. An American feline carnivore (Felis pardalis). It ranges from the Southwestern United States to Patagonia. It is covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches, which are variously arranged. The ground color varies from reddish gray to tawny yellow.
Definition of Ocelot
1. Noun. An American feline carnivore (Scientific name: ''Felis pardalis'') covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ocelot
1. an American wildcat [n -S] : OCELOID [adj]
Medical Definition of Ocelot
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ocelot
Literary usage of Ocelot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"ocelot, an American group of medium- sized cats, of slender and elegant ...
In the linked ocelot (F. catenate, H. Smith), by many considered a mere variety ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"Ocellus was translated into English by Thomas Taylor in 1831. ocelot, an American
group of medium-sized cats, of slender and elegant proportions, ..."
3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1919)
"If either or both are satisfactorily identifiable there is still little chance
for the resuscitation of the Felis ocelot of Smith and Griffith, ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"ocelot, an American group of medium-sized cats, of slender and elegant proportions,
without tufts to the ears, and with more or less elongated ..."
5. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1875)
"The extensor tendon must also aid materially in initiating the action which is
passively maintained by the round ligament. Feline Claw (ocelot), partly ..."
6. The Natural History of the Felinæ.: Illustrated by Thirty-eight [i.e. 37 by William Jardine (1834)
"The best representations of the ocelot that we are aware of, are those drawn by
Major Hamilton Smith, for Griffith's edition of Cuvier ; they are full of ..."
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