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margay|ˈmɑːgeɪ|
[a. F. margay (Buffon), altered from margaia (Claude d'Abbeville 1614), an inexact representation of Tupi mbaracaïa.]
A South American tiger cat, Felis tigrina.
1781Smellie tr. Buffon (1791) VII. 249 The Margay, or Cayenne Cat. 1838Hunter tr. Azara's Quadrup. Paraguay 239 Buffon describes a margay, which name, after Abbeville, he derives from..maragaya, the appellation he supposes to be given to it in Brazil. 1859Wood Nat. Hist. I. 185 The Margay is a very handsome example of the Tiger Cats. |