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ocelot

oce·lot

UK/ˈɒsəlɒt/ US/ˈɑsəlɑt/ uncommon

noun

1.

nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat

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Origin

From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Classical Nahuatl ōcēlōtl (“jaguar”).

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