felis pajeros

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felis pajeros - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Pampas cat (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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.
        [1913 Webster]