ocelot
noun /ˈɒsəlɒt/
/ˈɑːsəlɑːt/, /ˈəʊsəlɑːt/
- a wild animal of the cat family, that has yellow fur with black lines and spots, found in Central and South AmericaTopics Animalsc2Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, from Nahuatl tlatlocelotl, literally ‘field tiger’.