ocelot

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

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

--MOSQUITOES AND HORSE-FLIES.--THE RATTLESNAKE.--AN OCELOT. — Adventures of a Young Naturalist, Lucien Biart
Let the Ocelot talk on. — The Treasure of Pearls: A Romance of Adventures in California, Gustave Aimard
“In this same part of the great Southwest lives a smaller cousin named Ocelot, often called Tiger Cat. — The Burgess Animal Book for Children, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess

panther cat, Felis pardalis

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