ocelot的词源

英文词源

ocelot (n.)

"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").

中文词源

ocelot：豹猫

来自南美土著语ocelotl,美洲豹，大型猫科动物。后jaguar专用于指美洲豹，而该词则用于指一种类似美洲豹的猫，俗称豹猫。

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