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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ocelot
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▪ The ocelot, though it frequents three counties in south Texas, will probably follow close behind.
▪ This region of unusual geological features is home to a number of endangered species, including ocelot and jaguar.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ocelot

Ocelot \O"ce*lot\, n. [Mexican ocelotl.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
ocelot

"large wildcat of Central and South America," 1775, from French ocelot, a word formed by French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), from Nahuatl (Aztecan) ocelotl "jaguar" (in full tlalocelotl, a compound formed with tlalli "field").

Wiktionary
ocelot

n. An American feline carnivore (''Felis pardalis'') covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.

WordNet
ocelot

n. nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat [syn: panther cat, Felis pardalis]

Wikipedia
Ocelot

The ocelot (; Leopardus pardalis), also known as the dwarf leopard, is a wild cat distributed extensively within South America including the islands of Trinidad and Margarita, Central America, and Mexico. It has been reported as far north as Texas. North of Mexico, it is found regularly only in the extreme southern part of Texas, although there are rare sightings in southern Arizona.

The ocelot is similar in appearance to a domestic cat. Its fur resembles that of a clouded leopard or jaguar and was once regarded as particularly valuable. As a result, hundreds of thousands of ocelots were once killed for their fur. The feline was classified as a vulnerable species from 1972 until 1996, and is now listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Ocelot (musician)

oCeLoT aka Aaron Peacock (born 1974 in San Francisco, California) is a record producer and DJ. He has been producing music since 1993 (featuring releases on Journees Music 1995 "Blue Spotted Frog" ep as Aaron Peacock) and has released material on Dropout Productions, Vertigo Records, Ceiba Records, Avatar Records, Insomnia Records, Zaikadelic Records, Ektoplazm.com, and many more. Featuring a discography of 8 albums and more than 100 singles. He produces a Progressive Goa project called Prog-A-Lot, various Techno and House projects (Peacock, Aaron Peacock...), and Drum & Bass / Breaks as NeuroTransmitterz. oCeLoT has toured over 55 countries and played on festivals like Boom, Ozora, Soulclipse, 303, Space of Joy, Full-Moon, Vuuv, and Transcendence.

Ocelot (disambiguation)

An ocelot is a species of South and Central American feline, Leopardus pardalis.

The term ocelot can also refer to:

  • Ocelot (vehicle), a military armoured vehicle
  • HMS Ocelot, Royal Navy submarine.
  • USS Ocelot (IX-110), flagship of ServRon 10 in 1944.
  • Revolver Ocelot, the Metal Gear Solid character
  • Ocelot (musician), a musician
  • Ocelot (Phish), a single on the 2009 album Joy
  • Michel Ocelot, a French filmmaker
  • Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)
  • SK ocelote, a professional League of Legends Gamer
  • Ocelot Auto, a small Czech auto manufacturer.
Ocelot (vehicle)

The Force Protection Ocelot is a British armoured vehicle that is scheduled to replace the United Kingdom's Snatch Land Rover with British forces. It will receive the service name Foxhound, in line with the names given to other wheeled armored vehicles in current British use, such as Mastiff and Ridgeback, which are based on the Cougar. This is not to be confused with the BAE Systems Australia Foxhound, a modified Short Brothers S600. The goal in replacing the Snatch Land Rover was to improve protection of personnel against improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

Usage examples of "ocelot".

If only because the bandicoot is dying - and the glossy ocelot is expecting, any day now.

Some courtiers carried their pet cats on their arms: highly bred miniature lynxes, caracals, and ocelots, trained to sit demurely at plateside and daintily share the feast.

Claw of the Conciliator, and that you showed him a small black claw, such as might perhaps have come from an ocelot or a caracara, and that you told him you have raised many from the dead by means of it.

The variety of animals was impressive: ocelot, toucan, marmoset, tamarin, anteater, even snakes and lizards, and oddly enough one jungle trout.

Virtually all wild and exotic cats, including ocelots, margay, serval, cougar, and bobcat, can turn vicious as they age.

Virtually all wild and exotic cats, including ocelot, margay, serval, cougar, and bobcat, can turn vicious as they age.

In those days, so long ago, a small child was still carried away every so often by a night-hunting puma, and even the beautiful ocelot and tiny margay appeared ferocious after nightfall.

While neither ocelot nor margay it was as indubitably feline as its presence was puzzling.

Her screen blossoms into panoramic visions of this Earth: penguins porpoising through Antarctic whitecaps, a whole meadow of buttercups opening to the morning sunlight on some alpine meadow, streams of light-touched motes hovering throughout the world of the tropics, mists and steam, glaciers and insects, the eyes of an ocelot, the clashing tusks of love-smitten musk oxen.

The ingredient listing came first: ocdi (maguey beer to you), ocelot blood, ferret flesh, dragon blood—I blinked a little at that one, but the Aztecans have dragons, too.

The sudden crowd caused Hrriss's two pet ocelots, Prem and Mehh, to go on guard.

It was the same feeling as the time the pretty lady came aboard the Busted Flush with her ocelot, unsnapped his chain, and told him to stay on the yellow couch.

With plucky agility, the ocelot hopped over and began rubbing its butt against the links.

Mudskippers, ocelots, tree sloths and hanumans -- we'd have all the most ridiculous animals.

Sleepiness and slothfulness keep it out of harm's way, away from the notice of jaguars, ocelots, harpy eagles and anacondas.