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ocelot

noun

: a medium-sized American wildcat (Felis pardalis) that ranges from Texas to northern Argentina and has a tawny-yellow or grayish coat dotted and striped with black

Illustration of ocelot

Illustration of ocelot

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The two of them eventually established a personal as well as professional relationship that centered on a young ocelot cub that probably would not have survived without their aid. Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022 This four-pack of soft plush toys comes with a creeper, yellow ocelot, bat, and skeleton—all characters of the passive and hostile mobs that populate the game. Lauren Gray, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2022 Among them are the impacts on the seventy-plus animal and plant species that the new sections of wall now endanger, including the jaguar, the ocelot, the desert bighorn sheep, and the Mexican gray wolf. The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2022 In the ocelot enclosure, a eucalyptus limb used as a walkway by the aging cat was wrapped in rope to provide a better grip. San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022 Crew collected genetic material from a deceased Texas ocelot that will be used in an upcoming artificial insemination procedure. Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 22 July 2021 Crew will use the deceased ocelot’s semen for an artificial insemination procedure at the ABQ BioPark in Albuquerque on July 28. Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 22 July 2021 Swarts was notified of the ocelot's death and after finding it, transported it on ice to Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 22 July 2021 Walls are papered in graphic Gucci tiger faces and flocked ocelot print (for when leopard just won't do), ceilings have been given psychedelic paint jobs, and rooms are illuminated with neon signs and vintage Italian fixtures. CNN, 29 Apr. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

French, from Nahuatl ōcēlōtl jaguar

First Known Use

1774, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ocelot was in 1774

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