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Pampas

Pam′pas

,
Noun.
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.
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.

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Pampas

Pampas

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English

Noun

Pampas pl (plural only)

  1. Alternative form of pampas

German

Noun

Pampas pl

  1. pampas, pampa
  2. (colloq.) a remote place

pampas

pampas

See also: Pampas

English

Noun

pampas (uncountable)

  1. (with singular or plural concord) The extensive plains of South America south of the Amazon.

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