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Webster 1913 Edition


Colocolo


Colˊo-co′lo

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A South American wild cat (
Felis colocolo
), of the size of the ocelot.

Definition 2024


colocolo

colocolo

English

Noun

colocolo (plural colocolos)

  1. Leopardus colocolo, a small striped cat native to the western central South America

Translations


Portuguese

colocolo (1)

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish colocolo (colocolo cat, rarely also refers to the monito del monte), from Mapudungun Colo Colo (a creature in Mapuche mythology).

Pronunciation

Noun

colocolo m (plural colocolos)

  1. monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides)
  2. colocolo (Leopardus colocolo)

Synonyms