ocelot

[ os-uh-lot, oh-suh- ]

/ ˈɒs əˌlɒt, ˈoʊ sə- /

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noun

a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.

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Origin of ocelot

1765–75; <French, apparently arbitrary shortening of Nahuatl tlālōcēlōtl ocelot, equivalent to tlāl(li) earth, land + ōcēlōtl jaguar

OTHER WORDS FROM ocelot

oc·e·loid, adjective

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ocellar, ocellated, ocellated turkey, ocellation, ocellus, ocelot, och, oche, ocher, ochlesis, ochlocracy

How to use ocelot in a sentence

They’ll add greater diversity to the ocelot population managed in North American zoos, while improving our understanding of possibilities for increasing genetic diversity within wild ocelot populations.
I Tried to Impregnate an Ocelot With Frozen Sperm From a Dead Cat|Ashley Reeves, The Conversation|November 23, 2021|The Daily Beast
Hockema said the site is a habitat for ocelots, an endangered species.
Engineers raise alarms over the risk of major explosions at LNG plants|Will Englund|June 3, 2021|Washington Post
The hounds, who well knew where the ocelot had gone to, were chasing it from tree to tree; but still it continued to elude them.
In the Wilds of Florida|W.H.G. Kingston
Now and then a wolf would approach, or a puma, or ocelot; but a shout would send them to the rightabout.
In the Wilds of Florida|W.H.G. Kingston

I soon reloaded and hurried after Trusty, who was barking round a small oak in which the ocelot had sought shelter.
The Backwoodsman|Various
The ocelot is found only in forest districts, and is an excellent climber, spending most of its life in the trees.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood
The animal called the margay is really a kind of small ocelot, and it is sometimes known as the tiger-cat.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood

British Dictionary definitions for ocelot

ocelot

/ (ˈɒsɪˌlɒt, ˈəʊ-) /

noun

a feline mammal, Felis pardalis, inhabiting the forests of Central and South America and having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat

Word Origin for ocelot

C18: via French from Nahuatl ocelotl jaguar

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