The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pampas \Pam"pas\, n. pl. [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.] Vast grass-covered plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains east of the Andes extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia.
Pampas cat (Zo["o]l.), a South American wild cat ( Felis pajeros). It has oblique transverse bands of yellow or brown. It is about three and a half feet long. Called also straw cat.
Pampas deer (Zo["o]l.), a small, reddish-brown, South American deer ( Cervus campestris syn. Blastocerus campestris).
Pampas grass (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass ( Gynerium argenteum) with a silvery-white silky panicle. It is a native of the pampas of South America.